Qualitative Psychology: A Practical Guide to Research Methods

by Jonathan A. Smith (editor)

This Second Edition of a well established textbook remains an authoritative textbook by providing readers with step-by-step practical guidance to carrying out qualitative research in psychology. It′s been completely freshened up, contains one extra chapter, and now has extended pedagogical coverage reinforcing good practice using the methods described. Covering all the main qualitative approaches now used in psychology today, each chapter is written in a lively and accessible style by international experts - many of them key figures in either the inception or development of their chosen method.

Genres: Psychology, Research, Textbooks, Nonfiction

288 pages, Paperback

First published March 6, 2003

About the author

Jonathan Alan Smith is a psychologist currently based at Birkbeck, University of London. He has been very prominent in promoting qualitative research within social psychology and health psychology. In particular, he has developed and promoted a particular approach known as interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA).

Smith achieved a DPhil in Psychology from the University of Oxford and then held lectureships at Keele and Sheffield Universities. He has at least 160 publications to his name.

Reviews

[MJ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty damn dry but useful as a reference.

[Ju Vasquez]

i want to read this

[Kei · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is like one of my main lecturers: not comprehensive at all.