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Qualitative story completion: Possibilities and potential pitfalls

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Braun, Virginia, Clarke, Victoria, Hayfield, Nikki, Frith, Hannah, Malson, Helen, Moller, Naomi, Shah-Beckley, Iduna·2019·Qualitative Research in Psychology
DOI 10.1080/14780887.2018.1536395
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Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Hannah Frith, Nikki Hayfield, Helen Malson, Naomi Moller, and Iduna Shah-Beckley came together at the University of the West of England (UWE) in July 2017 to discuss and share their enthusiasm for the story completion method. Virginia nominally “led” the discussion to keep us on track. This is a transcript of the discussion, edited by the Special Issue editors, principally Hannah Frith, which we have all read and commented on. The discussion begins with the contributors introducing themselves and their experience of the story completion method. It then identifies a series of “knotty issues” about story completion which we explored: 1) what can stories tell us?; 2) research practicalities, comparative design, and sample size; 3) what happens when story completion doesn’t go to plan?; and 4) getting published. The conversation ends by considering “future possibilities for story completion research.” Our aim was not to reach consensus of definitive “answers” but to debate and gain perspective on an open issue. Hence, we reach no “conclusion” for any of these issues.

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  1. Braun V Clarke V Hayfield N Moller N & Tischner I 2018 ‘Tell me a story…: story completion methods’ in P Liamputtong (ed.) Research methods in health and social sciences Springer Singapore.
  2. Clarke V & Moller NP 2017 Challenging families: Embryo donation for family building British Sociological Association Human Reproduction Study Group Conference Leicester University 23 May 2017.
  3. Haywood, N & Wood, M 2018, ‘Looking heteronormatively good! Combining story completion with Bitstrips to explore understandings of sexuality and appearance’, Qualitative Research in Psychology.
  4. Jennings, E, Braun, V & Clarke, V 2018, ‘Breaking gendered boundaries? Exploring constructions of counter-normative body hair practices in Āotearoa/New Zealand using story completion’, Qualitative Research in Psychology.
  5. Moller, N & Clarke, V 2016, ‘New frontiers of family’, The Psychologist, vol. 29, pp. 204–8.
  6. Moller, N & Tischner, I 2018, ‘Young people’s perceptions of fat counsellors: “How can THAT help me?”’, Qualitative Research in Psychology.
  7. Rance, NM, Clarke, V & Moller, NP 2014, “If I see somebody… I’ll immediately scope them out”: anorexia nervosa clients’ perceptions of their therapists’ body’, Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 111–20.
  8. 10.1111/papt.12203 · DOI
  9. Shah-Beckley, I 2018b, ‘Exploring constructions of sexual refusal in heterosexual relationships: a qualitative story completion study’, Manuscript under submission.
  10. Wood, M & Kitzinger, C 2018, ‘Story completion, methodological innovation, epistemology and social change: Matthew Wood in conversation with Celia Kitzinger’, Qualitative Research in Psychology.

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Authors
Braun, V., Clarke, V., Hayfield, N., Frith, H., Malson, H., Moller, N., & Shah-Beckley, I.
Affiliations
  • University of Auckland (NZ)
  • University of the West of England (GB)
  • University of Brighton (GB)
  • The Open University (GB)
  • Personality Disorder Treatment Service, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust
Corresponding author
Frith, Hannah
ORCID
Venue
Qualitative Research in Psychology
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2018-11-15
Volume
16
Issue
1
Pages
136-155
ISSN
  • 1478-0887 (ISSN-L)
  • 1478-0895
DOI
10.1080/14780887.2018.1536395
OpenAlex
W2900827816
Cited by
88
References
13
Citations by year
2026: 10 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 3
FWCI
10.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • Qualitative Research in Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • Open Research Online - ORO (The Open University) (acceptedVersion)
  • Open Research (University of Surrey) (submittedVersion)
  • Surrey Research Insight Open Access (The University of Surrey) (submittedVersion)
  • University of Brighton Repository (University of Brighton) (submittedVersion)
  • ResearchSpace (University of Auckland) (submittedVersion)
  • UWE Research Repository (UWE Bristol) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative Research Methods and Applications
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
Keywords
narrative research, qualitative research design, comparative design, sample size

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