Discursive Psychology: Theory, Method and Applications

Polarizing discursive practices in conversations about wildlife comeback: a topical review

Kessels, A., Klarenbeek, A., Sneijder, P., & Bakker, E. S. (2026) · Human Dimensions of Wildlife · doi:10.1080/10871209.2026.2678232 · Cited by 1

Depression, rational identity and the educational imperative: concordance-finding in tricky diagnostic moments

Miller, P. K., & Richardson, B. H. (2017) · Humanities and Social Sciences Communications · doi:10.1057/palcomms.2017.33 · Cited by 1

Using Discursive Psychology to Explore Contested and Troubled Pasts

Tileagă, C. (2018) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-97394-4_9 · Cited by 1

Language teachers’ reflections on technology integration through online text-based and video-based tasks

Ding, A.-C. E. (2018) · doi:10.13140/rg.2.2.15502.00328 · Cited by 1

Therapeutic change process as reifying relational preferences: an exploratory study into family therapy for behavioural problems ( Proceso de cambio terapéutico como reificación de preferencias relacionales: un estudio exploratorio en terapia para problemas de conducta )

Gaete, J., Sametband, I., & Ferretti, R. (2021) · Studies in Psychology Estudios de Psicología · doi:10.1080/02109395.2020.1857595 · Cited by 1

Symbolic coping: Young people’s perspectives during the Covid-19 pandemic in three Central European countries

Puhrová, B. P., Lukšík, I., & Scheitel, R. (2022) · Human Affairs · doi:10.1515/humaff-2022-0018 · Cited by 1

Psychologizing childhood in the reality show Biggest Loser

Kilger, M. (2022) · Narrative Inquiry · doi:10.1075/ni.21084.kil · Cited by 1

COVID-19 and British Jazz Musicians

Hytönen-Ng, E. T. (2022) · Journal of World Popular Music · doi:10.1558/jwpm.23355 · Cited by 1

Talking With Each Other : The Role of Language Environment Factors on Early Language Development From Different Perspectives

Nyberg, S. (2022) · Linköping studies in behavioural science · doi:10.3384/9789179295202 · Cited by 1

Locating Language-Teacher Identities in the Settler-Colonial Universe

Detwyler, D. (2022) · Canadian Modern Language Review/ La Revue canadienne des langues vivantes · doi:10.3138/cmlr-2022-0107 · Cited by 1

Mental health rehabilitees’ agency construction and promotion in community-based transitional work programme

Niska, M., Stevanovic, M., Nevalainen, H., Weiste, E., & Lindholm, C. (2023) · International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being · doi:10.1080/17482631.2023.2202972 · Cited by 1

Análisis documental de los factores de impacto del COVID-19 en la formación de estudiantes de Educación Superior

Briones, M. E. H., Magallanes, A. L. G., Cruz, K. C., Martínez, H. V., & Abrego, R. H. (2024) · LATAM Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades · doi:10.56712/latam.v5i1.1845 · Cited by 1

Reflective Sexual Health Communication: Training Oncology Healthcare Professionals to Handle the Delicacy Associated With Talking About Sexuality

Kelder, I., Sneijder, P., & Klarenbeek, A. (2024) · Palgrave Studies in Discursive Psychology. · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-59551-6_6 · Cited by 1

Interacciones entre regulación metacognitiva social y representación del problema en el diseño de entornos virtuales de aprendizaje

Guerrero, J. C. S., Ortega, F. J. R., Ortiz, A. M. R., & Álzate, Ó. E. T. (2024) · Revista de Investigación Desarrollo e Innovación · doi:10.19053/uptc.20278306.v14.n2.2024.18157 · Cited by 1

Sticky Categories, Discursive Practices, and the Potential for Change: The Case of Children's Food “Likes”

Wiggins, S. (2025) · Journal of Language and Social Psychology · doi:10.1177/0261927x251315663 · Cited by 1

“One rule for MPs, one rule for ordinary people”: using discursive psychology to explore how class-based assumptions of “ordinariness” and “exceptionalism” are negotiated in political entertainment shows

Litchfield, P. A., & Demasi, M. A. (2025) · Qualitative Research in Psychology · doi:10.1080/14780887.2025.2490256 · Cited by 1

Divided opinion: The interactional accomplishment of ideological antagonism

Balinhas, D., & Tileagă, C. (2025) · Journal of Social and Political Psychology · doi:10.5964/jspp.13871 · Cited by 1

Providing Hope or Assigning Blame? Healthism in Print Media Portrayals of Dementia Risk and Responsibility

Slocombe, F., Peel, E., Pilnick, A., & Albert, S. (2025) · Sociology of Health & Illness · doi:10.1111/1467-9566.70115 · Cited by 1

Students' strategies for managing social loafers in PBL : interactional means of dealing with unequal participation in group work

McQuade, R., Ventura‐Medina, E., Wiggins, S., Hendry, G., & Anderson, A. (2020) · Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde) · Cited by 1

‘We have a choice’: Identity construction and the rhetorical enactment of resistance in the ‘two peers rebel’ condition of Stanley Milgram's obedience experiment

Gibson, S. (2020) · European Journal of Social Psychology · doi:10.1002/ejsp.2734 · Cited by 1

Czym jest psyche podwładnych dla jej znawców? Benjamin Lee Whorf, pojęcie sposobu rozpatrywania i problem uprzedmiotowienia

Stachowiak, J. (2020) · Przegląd Socjologii Jakościowej · doi:10.18778/1733-8069.16.4.02 · Cited by 1

Korean Hip Hoppers’ Identity Negotiation in Non-performative Spoken Discourse

Im, J.-H. (2021) · Journal of World Popular Music · doi:10.1558/jwpm.42672 · Cited by 1

Reflexiones en torno a la psicología discursiva: problemas, contradicciones y posibilidades

Martínez, A. I. (2020) · Cited by 1

The Contestation of Political Storytelling in Presidential Candidates During the 2019 Federal Election

Mustaqim, A. H. (2021) · Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research/Advances in social science, education and humanities research · doi:10.2991/assehr.k.210531.005 · Cited by 1

Introduction to Discursive Psychology and Disability: Working at the Intersection of Discursive Psychology and Disability

Lester, J. N. (2021) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-71760-5_1 · Cited by 1

Self-Disclosure and Non-Communication: Stigma Management in Third-Sector Transitional Employment

Niska, M., Stevanovic, M., Weiste, E., Ostrovskij, T. M., Valkeapää, T., & Lindholm, C. (2021) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph182211840 · Cited by 1

Videoanalysen

Demuth, C. (2020) · Springer Reference Psychologie · doi:10.1007/978-3-658-18387-5_61-2 · Cited by 1

The Asian Covid-19 Infodemic on Instant Messaging Platforms

Khoo, B. L. Z., Chee, S. J., & Pang, N. L.-S. (2022) · Advanced sciences and technologies for security applications · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-94825-2_6 · Cited by 1

Talk about Legal Gender: Thoughts on what legal consciousness studies and discursive psychology together can reveal

Peel, E. (2021) · Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Review · doi:10.53841/bpspowe.2021.4.2.2 · Cited by 1

‘They think we’re just in God’s waiting room’: A discursive study on identity aloneness in stroke survivors

Jefferson, L. J., & Dunne, S. (2024) · Health An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health Illness and Medicine · doi:10.1177/13634593241279207

THE INTERACTIONAL ORGANISATION OF PAIN DISPLAYS IN MEDICAL CONSULTATIONS

La, J. (2018) · doi:10.26686/wgtn.17134175.v1 · Cited by 1

Transcription Conventions

Gibson, S. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108367943.010 · Cited by 1

Discourse

Demasi, M. A. (2022) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-90913-0_195 · Cited by 1

“The world seems a bit of a better place”: Alcohol and women at midlife

Kersey, K. (2024) · doi:10.26686/wgtn.25374577 · Cited by 1

Seeing species in the therapeutic encounter

Peel, E. (2025) · Feminism & Psychology · doi:10.1177/09593535251388110 · Cited by 1

Language-Based Methodologies for Studying Mental Health

O’Reilly, M. J., & Lester, J. N. (2017) · The Language of Mental Health · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-60095-6_8

Remembering with and Through Archives

Tileagă, C. (2018) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-97394-4_7

Anthropological futures for the study of cultural resilience of ‘Western’ societies in the face of climate change

Paranich, M. (2018) · COMPASS · doi:10.29173/comp53

Inside the Meeting: Discursive Approaches as a Framework for Understanding Multidisciplinary Team Meetings

Auburn, T. C., Smart, C., & Tremblett, M. (2018) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-98228-1_2

Ethics of Discourse Analysis

Gorup, M. (2019) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-76040-7_22-1

Beyond Pre/Post Measurement: Discourse Analysis as an Alternative Methodology in Reporting on an Intervention Programme

Mulya, T. W. (2018) · ANIMA Indonesian Psychological Journal · doi:10.24123/aipj.v34i1.2021

Accounting for Constraints

Oakley, L. (2019) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-35675-0_3

Discursive Psychology and the Study of Loneliness

Oakley, L. (2019) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-35675-0_1

Disclosures of Loneliness

Oakley, L. (2019) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-35675-0_2

Managing Calls to Mauri Ora: Medical Reception in Action

Grattan, F. (2020) · doi:10.26686/wgtn.17145656.v1

Re-Evaluating Milgram

Gibson, S. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108367943.003

An Exploration of How Autistic Young People Are Positioned in Their Person-Centred Annual Review

Power, J. (2019) · UEL Research Repository (University of East London) · doi:10.15123/uel.883vx

Whose Culture Is It Anyway? A Social Constructionist Approach to Researching Families

Strong, T., Sametband, I., Gaete, J., & Bilbao, S. L. (2020) · The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy · doi:10.1002/9781119788409.ch5

Constructing Autism Inside and Outside the Clinic: Exploring Relationships Between Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists' and Activists' Discourses

Georgiou, K. (2020) · University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire) · doi:10.18745/th.22978

An Examination of the Discursive Functions of the Body in Being Autistic

Lester, J. N. (2020) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-53709-8_5

The Obedience Experiments

Gibson, S. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108367943.002

A Rhetorical Perspective

Gibson, S. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108367943.004

Understanding Internal Exclusion: An Exploration of How Senior Leaders in Mainstream Secondary Schools Make Sense of Their Experience

Walker, J. F. (2021) · White Rose eTheses Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York)

From Passive Agents to Active Rhetoricians

Gibson, S. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108367943.007

Methodological Approaches

Bamberg, M., Demuth, C., & Watzlawik, M. (2021) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108755146.013

From Standardised Procedure to Flexible Rhetoric

Gibson, S. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108367943.005

Conclusion

Gibson, S. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108367943.009

Introduction

Gibson, S. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108367943.001

From Proximity to Argumentation

Gibson, S. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108367943.006

Narrative Analysen

Lucius-Hoene, G. (2020) · Springer Reference Psychologie · doi:10.1007/978-3-658-18387-5_49-2

Whose Culture Is It Anyway? A Social Constructionist Approach to Researching Families

Strong, T., Sametband, I., Gaete, J., & Bilbao, S. L. (2020) · The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy · doi:10.1002/9781119438519.ch87

Index

Gibson, S. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108367943.011

Policy Practitioners’ Engagement With Evidence-Based Policy: A discursive analysis

Huntington, N. (2021) · Open Access Victoria University of Wellington | Te Herenga Waka (Figshare) · doi:10.26686/wgtn.16442928.v1

Experiential learning of family business owners and its influence on business sustainability in Masvingo province of Zimbabwe

Machida, S. (2021) · doi:10.51415/10321/4230

Race, International Relations, White Supremacy, and Methodology

Dixit, P. (2022) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-10820-4_2

Job, career and calling: A teacher’s work orientation is/as discursive work during research interviewing

Lee, Y. (2023) · Oxford Review of Education · doi:10.1080/03054985.2023.2172389

Online forum advice for carers of people living with dementia: A discursive and conversation analytic exploration

Slocombe, F. (2021) · QMiP Bulletin · doi:10.53841/bpsqmip.2021.1.32.13

Review of Demasi, Burke & Tileagă (2021): Political communication: Discursive perspectives

Wang, X., & Guo, E. (2023) · Journal of Language and Politics · doi:10.1075/jlp.23002.wan

Managing Calls to Mauri Ora: Medical Reception in Action

Grattan, F. (2020) · doi:10.26686/wgtn.17145656

Understanding identity construction of an in-service pre-k teacher using discursive psychology

Zakaria, F. (2023) · Englisia Journal of language education and humanities · doi:10.22373/ej.v10i2.13998

Diskurser och dilemman i gymnasieskolans samhällskunskapsundervisning

Möllenborg, E. (2023) · doi:10.15626/lud.499.2023

Editorial

MacDonald, M. N., & Ladegaard, H. J. (2023) · Language and Intercultural Communication · doi:10.1080/14708477.2023.2253638

Interventores/as psicosociales en Chile. Neoliberalismo, subjetividades incómodas y posicionamientos inestables

Campillay-Araya, M. Á., & Masso, A. D. (2023) · Athenea Digital Revista de pensamiento e investigación social · doi:10.5565/rev/athenea.3375

Well, Our Goal is to Achieve Sustainable Quiet and Security for Our People’: Negotiating Calls for Ceasefires in the Gaza War of 2014Preprint

Sambaraju, R., & McVittie, C. (2024) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.4692566

Narrative Inquiry in Applied Linguistics

Bahrami, V., Hosseini, M., & Atai, M. R. (2022) · doi:10.1002/9781394260409.ch4

Innovative studies in organized helping: Transforming relations, emotions and referents through sequentially structured practices

Scarvaglieri, C., Muntigl, P., & Graf, E.-M. (2024) · Frontiers research topics · doi:10.3389/978-2-8325-4828-8 · Cited by 1

Exploring sexting through a critical discursive and feminist perspective

Rousaki, A. (2024) · Social Psychological Review · doi:10.53841/bpsspr.2024.26.1.2

Introduction: Interventions in Health Care Interaction

Sneijder, P., & Klarenbeek, A. (2024) · Palgrave Studies in Discursive Psychology. · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-59551-6_1

On Certain Similarities Between Discursive Psychology and the Writings of B.F. Skinner

Goddard, M. J. (2024) · Human Arenas · doi:10.1007/s42087-024-00456-9

‘Well, our goal is to achieve sustainable quiet and security for our people’: Negotiating calls for ceasefires in the Gaza war of 2014 in mainstream English news media by Israeli spokespersons

Sambaraju, R., & McVittie, C. (2024) · Journal of Social and Political Psychology · doi:10.5964/jspp.14039

The rhetoric of ideological transgression: History and psychological language in the archives of the Securitate

Plămădeală, C., & Tileagă, C. (2024) · Culture & Psychology · doi:10.1177/1354067x241297305

‘Tell me what to do. Gabriel?’: gender hegemony in the film Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)

McCullough, K. M., & Lester, J. N. (2024) · Feminist Review · doi:10.1177/01417789241281877

Professional identity within inter-agency activity: A contribution from discursive psychology

Robson, H., & Gibbs, S. (2024) · Educational and Child Psychology · doi:10.53841/bpsecp.2024.41.3.81

Pandemic scepticism as politically driven talk: The case of Palestinian context

Abuarrah, S. (2025) · Mediterranean Politics · doi:10.1080/13629395.2025.2459554

Achieving a synthesis of ethnomethodological and critical approaches to discourse analysis in critical discursive psychology: Reflections on a personal methodological journey

Shirahata, M. (2025) · Qualitative Research in Psychology · doi:10.1080/14780887.2025.2485952

The Social Construction of Palliative Care for Individuals With Dementia: Implications for Social and Healthcare Assistants and Helpers Working in Nursing Homes and Home Care

Shabnam, J., & Raunkiær, M. (2025) · Health & Social Care in the Community · doi:10.1155/hsc/3480655

Ideological tensions in identity construction of Chinese medical teachers and students in EMI

Qin, P., Shirahata, M., & Nikula, T. (2025) · Journal of English-Medium Instruction · doi:10.1075/jemi.24009.qin

Power Imbalances in Marriage: A Study of Online Support Group Discourse

Rashid, R. A., Al-Ramahi, R. A., Zulkffli, M. A., & Al‐Smadi, O. A. (2025) · Journal of Family Issues · doi:10.1177/0192513x251347313

Taking a Scientist Perspective: Constructing Science Identities through Embodied Modeling

Steinberg, S., & Danish, J. A. (2025) · Proceedings. · doi:10.22318/icls2025.743920

‘People cannot just live from ceasefire to the next’: Ceasefire discourses in the Gaza War of 2014.Preprint

Sambaraju, R. (2025) · doi:10.31234/osf.io/u6rvk_v1

Recursive Frame Analysis as a Method of Psychotherapy Change Process Research

Zatloukal, L., Jurníčková, P., & Szczepkowski, J. (2025) · Contemporary Family Therapy · doi:10.1007/s10591-025-09754-y

Pedagogical agility in moments of conflict: how a bricolage approach enables the critical promotion of mutual respect and tolerance in the religious education classroom

Ackroyd, R. (2025) · Cambridge Journal of Education · doi:10.1080/0305764x.2025.2540330

Trudności z prostymi pojęciami. Trzy przypadki ze słownika nauk społecznych, analizy dyskursu i psychologii dyskursowej: discursive, talk oraz handle i manage

Stachowiak, J. (2025) · Przegląd Socjologii Jakościowej · doi:10.18778/1733-8069.21.3.03

Blame attribution and accountability in Palestinian academic discourse: a discursive analysis of student-instructor communication

Abuarrah, S., Hamamra, B. T., Ershaid, M., & Khouli, A. (2025) · Cogent Education · doi:10.1080/2331186x.2025.2562659

Resisting eating during a family mealtime: The moral and identity work of food refusal

Wiggins, S., & Humă, B. (2025) · British Journal of Social Psychology · doi:10.1111/bjso.70029

Granice pojęć

Stachowiak, J. (2025) · Kultura i Społeczeństwo · doi:10.35757/kis.2025.69.4.12

Exploring the impact of discursive narrative construction-based instruction to enhance English majors' speaking performance

Abdelwahab, A. F. (2026) · Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education · doi:10.1186/s40862-025-00371-8

Justifying violence and hostility through discourse: A critical discursive psychology analysis of anti‐refugee hostility on social media during disasters

Tekin, S., Uluğ, Ö. M., Solak, N., Kanık, B., & Uyanık, G. D. (2026) · British Journal of Social Psychology · doi:10.1111/bjso.70041

Identity and entitlement in accounts of (morally) normative and informational social influence for sustainability

Cooper, L. (2026) · British Journal of Social Psychology · doi:10.1111/bjso.70061

Parental sense-making of adolescent ‘sexting’ in online forums: Competing repertoires and gendered negotiations

Seymour‐Smith, S. (2026) · Discourse & Communication · doi:10.1177/17504813261435739

Discursive Psychology as Applied Science

Tseliou, E., Smoliak, O., LaMarre, A., & Quinn‐Nilas, C. (2019) · SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks · doi:10.4135/9781526417091.n20 · Cited by 5

Discursive psychology

(2017) · SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks · doi:10.4135/9781473983335.n1 · Cited by 21

Discourse and Psychology

Potter, J. (2007) · SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks · doi:10.4135/9781446261408 · Cited by 55

Discursive psychology: Methodology and applications.

Lester, J. N. (2014) · Qualitative Psychology · doi:10.1037/qup0000015 · Cited by 21

Discursive psychology: Capturing the psychological world as it unfolds.

Potter, J. (2021) · American Psychological Association eBooks · doi:10.1037/0000252-007 · Cited by 8