The promises of qualitative inquiry

American Psychologist

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-9

  Gergen, Kenneth J ^a   Josselson, Ruthellen ^b   Freeman, Mark ^c  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Pluralism; Psychology and society; Qualitative research; Research methods

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY; STANDARDS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC;

EID: 84925405083     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038597     Document Type: Article

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