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Recommendations for designing and reviewing qualitative research in psychology: promoting methodological integrity
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“The lack of agreed standards can pose several challenges for researchers and reviewers which can lead to those who are new to the fi eld and lack knowledge in qualitative traditions to adopt criteria that are unsuitable for the methods employed or quantitative standards (e.g., Levitt et al., 2017; Yardley, 2017).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Levitt, H. M., Motulsky, S. L., Wertz, F. J., Morrow, S. L., & Ponterotto, J. G.
- Affiliations
- University of Massachusetts Boston (US)
- Lesley University (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- Fordham University (US)
- Venue
- Qualitative Psychology
- Published
- 2017-02
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 2-22
- ISSN
- 2326-3598 (ISSN-L)
- 2326-3601
- OpenAlex
- W2556869215
- Cited by
- 851
- References
- 67
- Citations by year
- 2026: 100 · 2025: 120 · 2024: 108 · 2023: 113 · 2022: 116 · 2021: 84 · 2020: 87 · 2019: 64 · 2018: 50 · 2017: 9
- FWCI
- 181.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Qualitative Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative Research Methods and Applications
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods
- Keywords
- qualitative research design, methodological integrity, research methodology guidelines
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