The Limitations of Language: Male Participants, Stoicism, and the Qualitative Research Interview

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-162

  Affleck, William ^a   Glass, K ^a   Macdonald, Mary Ellen ^a  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

emotional expression; men's health; photo based methods; qualitative interviewing; researching masculinity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMOTION; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LANGUAGE; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXISM;

EXPRESSED EMOTION; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LANGUAGE; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; PHILOSOPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEXISM;

EID: 84873960961     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988312464038     Document Type: Article

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