Integrating Thematic, Grounded Theory and Narrative Analysis

Jerry Floersch; Jeffrey Longhofer; Derrick Kranke; Lisa Townsend

doi:10.1177/1473325010362330

Abstract

In this article, we integrate thematic, grounded theory and narrative analytic techniques. We apply methods from each to the same qualitative data to illustrate how they provide different interpretive scopes on medication meaning making. Findings from each are concatenated to produce an integrated conceptual framework for understanding adolescent experience of psychiatric medication. We conclude that thematic, grounded theory, and narrative methods, when integrated, produce a multidimensional understanding of medication experience.

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Grounded theoryNarrativeThematic analysisNarrative inquiryMeaning (existential)Qualitative researchEpistemologyConstructivist grounded theoryNarrative networkNarrative criticismThematic mapPsychologySociologyPsychotherapistLinguisticsSocial science

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Year: 2010
Type: article
Volume: 9
Issue: 3
Pages: 407-425
Citations: 244
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                                    Jerry Floersch, 
                                
                                    Jeffrey Longhofer, 
                                
                                    Derrick Kranke
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2010). 
                            Integrating Thematic, Grounded Theory and Narrative Analysis. 
                            Qualitative Social Work
                            , 9
                            (3)
                            , 407-425.
                            https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325010362330
                        

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DOI: 10.1177/1473325010362330