About the Book
This unique text provides a broad introduction to qualitative analysis together with concrete demonstrations and comparisons of five major approaches. Leading scholars apply their respective analytic lenses to a narrative account and interview featuring "Teresa," a young opera singer who experienced a career-changing illness. The resulting analyses vividly exemplify what each approach looks like in action. The researchers then probe the similarities and differences among their approaches; their distinctive purposes and strengths; the role, style, and subjectivity of the individual researcher; and the scientific and ethical complexities of conducting qualitative research. Also included are the research participant's responses to each analysis of her experience. A narrative account from another research participant, "Gail," can be used by readers to practice the kinds of analysis explored in the book.
Table of Contents:
Introduction I. A Story of Qualitative Research in Psychology 1. From Innovative Practices to the Call for Methodology 2. The Establishment of Methodological Traditions 3. Contemporary Movement, Methodological Pluralism, and Challenges II. Five Approaches to Qualitative Data Analysis 4. The Teresa Texts: Thick Description of Living through Misfortune 5. A Phenomenological Psychological Approach to Trauma and Resilience, Frederick J. Wertz 6. A Constructivist Grounded Theory Analysis of Losing and Regaining a Valued Self, Kathy Charmaz 7. A Discursive Analysis of Teresa’s Protocol: Enhancing Oneself, Diminishing Others, Linda M. McMullen 8. Narrative Research: Constructing, Deconstructing, and Reconstructing Story, Ruthellen Josselson 9. Intuitive Inquiry: Exploring the Mirroring Discourse of Disease, Rosemarie AndersonIII. Pluralism, Participation, and Unity in Qualitative Research 10. Comparisons through Five Lenses 11. The Participant’s Response 12. Ethics, Participant Involvement, and Analytic Methodology Appendix: Gail’s Texts
About the Author :
Frederick J. Wertz, Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, USA, Kathy Charmaz, Department of Sociology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, USA, Linda M. McMullen, Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Ruthellen Josselson, School of Psychology, The Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, Rosemarie Anderson, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, CA, USA and Emalinda McSpadden, doctoral candidate, Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, USA
Review :
"This text addresses one of the most frequently asked questions in qualitative analysis: what is the difference between phenomenology, grounded theory, discourse analysis, narrative research, and intuitive inquiry? Not only do the authors explain the theory that underlies each approach, but they also illustrate its application and the resultant findings, making the book a worthy text for a qualitative methods course. As an added bonus, the authors present the participant's reaction to the results of the five different analyses and discuss the ethical implications in terms of letting the participant speak for herself, issues of confidentiality, and tensions around interpretation of data. I would definitely use this book in my advanced qualitative research course." - Donna M. Mertens, Department of Educational Foundations and Research, Gallaudet University, USA "A powerful, richly nuanced, brilliantly innovative pedagogical intervention into the field of qualitative inquiry. This book is clearly written, grounded in case materials, and very accessible to students. The narrative is driven by the voices and insights of preeminent scholars, each an expert in one of five ways of doing qualitative analysis. This book represents the most innovative approach to date for teaching qualitative analysis. It will provide a starting place for the next generation of students who want to learn how to be well-grounded qualitative inquirers." - Norman K. Denzin, College of Communications Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
