Expressive, research and reflective poetry as qualitative inquiry: A study of adolescent identity

Qualitative Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-315

  Furman, Rich ^a   Langer, Carol L ^b   Davis, Christine S ^a   Gallardo, Heather P ^a   Kulkarni, Shanti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent identity and development; Expressive arts research; Interpretive research; Poetry as research

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547590250     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794107078511     Document Type: Article

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