Treating Resistance as Data in Qualitative Interviews

Qualitative research interviews.

After presenting a brief overview of the complexity of the qualitative interviewing process used by psychotherapy researchers, the authors discuss some of the major ideas that psychotherapy researchers using such interviews must consider both before and during the interview process. They then offer thoughts regarding approaches to strengthen qualitative interviews themselves.

Suicide: qualitative data from focus group interviews with youth.

Suicide is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among people aged 15-24 years of age. This paper illustrates the use of focus groups with young people to enhance knowledge of ways to address youth suicide. Analysis of the findings identified three themes perceived by participants as being warning signs of a suicidal friend (personality changes, risk-taking behaviour and unusual actions). ...

Focused Group Interviews as an Innovative Quanti-Qualitative Methodology (QQM):

There is a sharp divide between quantitative and qualitative methodologies in the social sciences. We investigate an innovative way to bridge this gap that incorporates quantitative techniques into a qualitative method, the “quanti-qualitative method” (QQM). Specifically, our research utilized small survey questionnaires and experiment-like activities as part of the question route in a series o...

Qualitative telephone interviews: Strategies for success

Modellierung statt Interviews? Eine 'neue' qualitative Erhebungsmethode

Vor dem Hintergrund empirischer Forschungsmethoden wird eine ‚neue’ Form einer Erhebungsmethode dargestellt und reflektiert: die grafische Modellierung (GM), die bei der Gestaltung von informationstechnischen Systemen (z.B. für Workflow-Management-Systeme, komplexe Webanwendungen) eingesetzt wird. Ihre Relevanz als ein qualitatives Erhebungsinstrument zur Informationserfassung wird jedoch unter...