Descriptive experience sampling: A method for exploring momentary inner experience

Qualitative Research in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 345-368

  Heavey, Christopher L ^a   Hurlburt, Russell T ^a   Lefforge, Noelle L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Descriptive experience sampling; Inner experience; Qualitative methods; Subjective experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649571540     PISSN: 14780887     EISSN: 14780895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14780880903009274     Document Type: Article

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