The Utility of Template Analysis in Qualitative Psychology Research

Qualitative Research in Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 202-222

  Brooks, Joanna ^a   McCluskey, Serena ^a   Turley, Emma ^b   King, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

a priori themes; applied research; group data analysis; Pictor technique; qualitative research; Template Analysis; thematic analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924545385     PISSN: 14780887     EISSN: 14780895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14780887.2014.955224     Document Type: Article

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