About the authors Acknowledgements Part 1: Conceptual Preparation From recipes to adventures Epistemological bases for qualitative research Qualitative research design and data collection The role of interpretation Putting together a research proposal Part 2: Doing Research Thematic analysis Grounded theory methodology Phenomenological methods Case studies Discursive psychology Foucauldian discourse analysis Narrative psychology Visual methods Part 3: Reflections and Conclusions Quality in qualitative research Review and conclusion: Where next for qualitative psychology? Appendix 1: What influences a person's decision to want to stop using drugs? A grounded theory study exploring the experiences of heroin users Appendix 2: The experience of body dysmorphic disorder: An interpretative phenomenological analysis and photo elicitation study Appendix 3: Constructing self-harm at the turn of the 21st century: A Foucauldian discourse analysis References
Carla Willig is professor of psychology at City University London. Her publications are concerned with the theory and practice of qualitative research methodology. She is the author of Qualitative Interpretation and Analysis in Psychology and co-editor of the Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research in Psychology.