Recognizing and overcoming challenges of couple interview research

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1399-1407

  Mellor, Ruth M ^a   Slaymaker, Emma ^b   Cleland, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

confidentiality privacy; data collection and management; ethics moral perspectives; relationships, research; research participation; research, qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONFIDENTIALITY / PRIVACY; CONTRACEPTION; DATA COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT; ETHICS / MORAL PERSPECTIVES; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELATIONSHIPS, RESEARCH; RESEARCH PARTICIPATION; RESEARCH, QUALITATIVE; STANDARD; YOUNG ADULT;

CONFIDENTIALITY / PRIVACY; DATA COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT; ETHICS / MORAL PERSPECTIVES; RELATIONSHIPS, RESEARCH; RESEARCH PARTICIPATION; RESEARCH, QUALITATIVE;

ADULT; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTRACEPTION; DATA COLLECTION; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MARRIAGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885092924     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732313506963     Document Type: Article

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