Developing an interpretative phenomenological approach to focus group data

Qualitative Research in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-121

  Palmer, Michelle ^a   Larkin, Michael ^a   de Visser, Richard ^b   Fadden, Gráinne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experiential; Group discussions; Group interviews; IPA; Positionality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952895144     PISSN: 14780887     EISSN: 14780895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14780880802513194     Document Type: Article

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