Understanding and Evaluating Qualitative Research

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ID23347457
AutoresEllie Fossey (0000-0002-8002-5763, La Trobe University, autor correspondente), Carol Harvey (0000-0002-5066-8450, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia), Francis Mcdermott (0000-0002-9362-1441, The University of Melbourne), Fiona McDermott (0000-0002-9507-3637, The University of Melbourne), L Davidson (0000-0003-1183-8047, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Ano2002
Volume36
Fascículo6
Páginas717-732
Data de publicação2002-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAustralian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0004-8674 • E-ISSN: 1440-1614
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1046/j.1440-1614.2002.01100.x
PMID12406114
OpenAlexW2092473556
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas350
Referências citadas34

Qualitative research aims to address questions concerned with developing an understanding of the meaning and experience dimensions of humans’ lives and social worlds. Central to good qualitative research is whether the research participants’ subjective meanings, actions and social contexts, as understood by them, are illuminated. This paper aims to provide beginning researchers, and those unfamiliar with qualitative research, with an orientation to the principles that inform the evaluation of the design, conduct, findings and interpretation of qualitative research. It orients the reader to two philosophical perspectives, the interpretive and critical research paradigms, which underpin both the qualitative research methodologies most often used in mental health research, and how qualitative research is evaluated. Criteria for evaluating quality are interconnected with standards for ethics in qualitative research. They include principles for good practice in the conduct of qualitative research, and for trustworthiness in the interpretation of qualitative data. The paper reviews these criteria, and discusses how they may be used to evaluate qualitative research presented in research reports. These principles also offer some guidance about the conduct of sound qualitative research for the beginner qualitative researcher.

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