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New Directions in Qualitative Research in Psychology

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Qualitative Research gains increasing popularity in the field of Psychology. With the renewed interest, there are, however, also some risks related to the overhomogenization and increasing standardization of qualitative methods. This special issue is dedicated to clarify some of the existing misconceptions of qualitative research and to discuss its potentials for the field of psychology in light of recent endeavors to overcome paradigmatic battles and a re-orientation to the specifities of psychology. The issue comprises a discussion from workshop on the future of qualitative research in psychology organized at Aalborg University, and several contributions that resulted from it.

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  1. e.g., MsC in Discursive Psychology at Loughborough University, UK, see also http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/socialsciences/postgraduate-taught/programmes/discursivepsychologymsc/

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Demuth, C. New Directions in Qualitative Research in Psychology. Integr. psych. behav. 49, 125–133 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12124-015-9303-9

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