Camic P.M. Qualitative Research in Psychology: Expanding Perspectives in Methodology and Design

Amer Psychological Assn, 2003 — 315 p.Qualitative Research in Psychology brings together a diverse group of scholars who share valuable qualitative research techniques and rich case examples. Qualitative methodologies and the different paradigms which guide them can be seen as both an alternative and complementary approach to quantification and positivism in social, personality, developmental, health, clinical, counseling, community and school psychology. Qualitative methodology seen as an alternative approach seeks to answer questions that cannot be answered through quantification, random sampling, probability testing and other measures, which seek to control the environment of the participant. Viewed as a complementary approach to research, qualitative methodology can be utilized alongside quantitative methods, bringing a new depth and richness to data analysis. The wide variety of innovative techniques and theoretical perspectives offered in this volume will challenge readers to think about and expand on their understanding of qualitative research and its continually emerging applications.ForewordWays of Looking at the World: Epistemological Issues in Qualitative Research
Naming the Stars: Integrating Qualitative Methods Into Psychological Research
On the Art and Science of Qualitative Research in Psychology
Methodology Makes Meaning: How Both Qualitative and Quantitative Paradigms Shape Evidence and Its Interpretation
Dancing Through Minefields: Toward a Qualitative Stance in Psychology
Methodologies for Qualitative Researchers in Psychology: The Nuts, the Bolts, and the Finished Product
Discourse Analysis and Discursive Psychology
Narrative Psychology and Narrative Analysis
Video Methods in Qualitative Research
Grounded Theory in Psychological Research
On the Listing Guide: A Voice-Centered Relational Model
Participatory Action Research: From Within and Beyond Prison Bars
Balancing the Whole: Portraiture as Methodology
Ethnographic Methods: Applications From Developmental Cultural Psychology
The Descriptive Phenomenological Psychological Method
The Psychoanalytical Interview as Inspiration for Qualitative Research
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Editors