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The pursuit of quality in grounded theory
Sonoma State Univ, CA USA.
Linköping University, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Education, Teaching and Learning. Linköping University, Faculty of Educational Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9233-3862
2021 (English)In: Qualitative Research in Psychology, ISSN 1478-0887, E-ISSN 1478-0895, Vol. 18, no 3, p. 305-327Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article introduces grounded theory and places this method in its historical context when 1960s quantitative researchers wielded harsh criticisms of qualitative research. The originators of grounded theory, sociologists Glaser and Strauss, sought to defend the quality of qualitative research and argued that grounded theory increased its quality by providing a method of theory construction. Our major foci include: (1) introducing the logic of grounded theory, with emphasis on how researchers can use it to construct theory, (2) detailing criteria for quality in the major forms of grounded theory advocated by Glaser and Strauss and augmented by Glaser, Strauss and Corbin and refined by Corbin, and Charmaz and (3) providing an analysis of how constructivist grounded theorists Thornberg, Halldin, Bolmsjo and Petersson attended to the interviewing process, coding, and developing their theoretical concept of double victimizing. Students and researchers new to the method can use our concluding guidelines as a checklist to assess the quality of their constructivist grounded theory research.

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ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD , 2021. Vol. 18, no 3, p. 305-327
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Grounded theory; constructivist grounded theory; quality; qualitative research; credibility
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Applied Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-168574DOI: 10.1080/14780887.2020.1780357ISI: 000547776900001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-168574DiVA, id: diva2:1461810
Available from: 2020-08-27 Created: 2020-08-27 Last updated: 2022-10-26

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