Grounded theory methods and qualitative family research

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 837-857

  LaRossa, Ralph ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Grounded theoretical analysis; Qualitative methods; Theory construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744970725     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2005.00179.x     Document Type: Article

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