The focus groups in social research
Advantages and Disadvantages
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5779066 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ivana Acocella (0000-0001-5517-7223, University of Florence, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1125-1136 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quality & Quantity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-5177 • E-ISSN: 1573-7845 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11135-011-9600-4 |
| OpenAlex | W1974363860 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 122 |
| References cited | 42 |
Cognition · Data science · Epistemology · Face (sociological concept) · Focus (optics) · Heuristic · Management science · Order (exchange) · Social science · Sociology · Subject (documents) · Value (mathematics · World Wide Web · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Engineering · Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Applications · Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
Exploring Parent Carer Empowerment in Childhood Onset Disability
Exploring underlying dynamics of teachers’ perspectives on character education for gifted students
Transdisciplinary reflections from an inaugural Geography field school
Is Social Entrepreneurship Better for Workers? The Influence of Work Experience in Croatian Social Cooperatives on Perceived Well-Being
Exploring the Experiences of Social Work Students on the Use of Blended Learning and Emergency Remote Online Learning Prior to and During Covid-19 Pandemic
Corruption as Legacy on Occurrence Undermining Human Rights - An Exploratory Research on the Third Sector Response in Albania within Western Balkan Context
Perceptions of Educational Community Members
A review of technical and quality assessment considerations of audio-visual and web-conferencing focus groups in qualitative health research
‘I can survive and thrive in this field’
The use of focus groups in cultural ecosystem services research
Robots as Hosts in Autonomous Buses
Evaluation of the Q Method as a Public Engagement Tool in Examining the Preferences of Residents in Metal Mining Areas
Community responses to the annual flooding (efundja) in the Cuvelai-Etosha basin, Northern Namibia
Toward more ethically oriented humanitarian logistics operations
Co-text and critical reading for international postgraduates in Australia
The value of doctoral education in the intersection of the multiple purposes of higher education
Risky topics in health education
Medical conspiracy theories
Enhancing academic student engagement in vocational agricultural education
Men in Romance
The Prevalence of Impostor Phenomenon Among Music Student Teachers
“It’s all part of the culture”
Development of a character-strengths based coaching program for rural community health workers to address their work stress in Madhya Pradesh, India
Challenges and successes implementing a skills-based preventative drug-use intervention early in secondary education
The involvement process for financial-economic cyber-enabled crime
Doing ethics without a ‘Map’
From fragmentation to coherence
Materials matter
Game-based learning as a pedagogical tool towards climate change learning and participation
Photovoice versus focus groups
“The People Who Leave Here Are Not the People Who Arrived.”
Residents' needs and perspectives on the European City of science
Sexual Misconduct in Police Recruits as identified by Police Trainers
Fun beyond gamification
Caregivers’ Perceptions and Responses to a New Norm
A qualitative exploration of perceived needs and barriers of individuals with schizophrenia, caregivers and clinicians in using mental health applications in Madhya Pradesh, India
Students' discourses on interprofessional collaboration in the context of Finnish early childhood education
An Exploratory Study of Fact-Checking Practices in Conflict and Authoritarian Contexts
Qualitative analysis of healthy eating attitudes among self-sufficient shelter residents
Students’ Voices on How Indigenous Languages Are Disfavoured in South African Higher Education
Understanding the vaccine hesitancy of Covid-19 in Benin
Teachers’ perspectives on relationships and sex education lessons in England
‘It Is Good to See the Person As a Whole Person and… Continue to Improve Our Psychologically Informed Working’
An Age‐Adapted Co‐Design Methodology for Community Health Research Involving Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes
Supporting the parent‐to‐child transfer of self‐management responsibility for chronic kidney disease
Why Am I Homeless? The contribution of autistic characteristic, system-related and environmental factors the risk of homelessness
Building teacher agency through translanguaging
Japanese Anime Fandoms in the UAE
“They Are Not Hard-to-Reach Clients. We Have Just Got Hard-to-Reach Services.” Staff Views of Digital Health Tools in Specialist Mental Health Services
Redefining the digital contract
“It’s just about printing the list, getting children to copy them”
Building Educational Research Capacity
Usability, Feasibility, and Effect of a Biocueing Intervention in Addition to a Moderated Digital Social Therapy-Platform in Young People With Emerging Mental Health Problems
How Do Health Teams Perceive International Migrant Users of Primary Care
A Technological Scenario for a Healthier, More Equitable and Sustainable Europe in 2040
Comparison of barriers and facilitators of Mind diet uptake among adults from Northern Ireland and Italy
Final year medical students’ expectations for medical education on climate change and planetary health – a qualitative study
Using the COM-B model to identify barriers and facilitators towards adoption of a diet associated with cognitive function (Mind diet)
Using the Behaviour Change Wheel and Theoretical Domains Framework to identify factors related to increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children to guide future intervention development
Faire de la sociologie en/sur l’Éthiopie
A scoping review of adult survivors’ experiences of shame following sexual abuse in childhood
Alcohol industry-sponsored music festivals, alcohol marketing and drinking practices among young Nigerians
Disability and higher education
Relocating Adolescents’
The phenomenology of colonialism
Generation Z, values, and media
A Thematic Analysis Exploring the Experiences of Ableism for People Living with Cerebral Palsy
More than Just a Roof
Intervening in and Preventing Somali-American Radicalization with Counter Narratives
Teaching diversity in the graduate classroom
Challenges and Needs in Algorithmic Literacy for Journalists
Saudi youth views on hosting western music festivals
Implications of Covid-19 Restrictions on the Ethics and Methods of a Multi-Site Study on Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Use Treatment among Men in South Africa
Towards the development of culturally responsive marriage interventions
Unveiling Political (Dis)trust Building across Different Life Stages
Talk amongst yourselves’
Road mapping recovery from the impacts of multiple crises
How can “Katowice as European City of Science” change Silesia region
I need to know what to say when children are crying’
School counsellors and cultural diversity management in Spanish secondary schools
In the end you adapt to anything’
When you say nothing at all
Considerations for conducting online focus groups on sensitive topics
Individual interviews or focus groups? Interview format and women’s self-disclosure
Piloting the Mockingbird FamilyTM in Australia
Child protection social workers in Italy and the Covid‐19 challenges
Understanding players’ achievement values from MMORPGs
Searching for sanctuary during Covid-19
Gathering autistic adults’ visual experiences to inform adaptations
Nobody will put baby in the corner!’
Health and social care practitioners' understanding of the problems of people with dementia‐related visual processing impairment
Effectiveness of behaviour change techniques on lifestyle interventions of patients with a high risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Using a qualitative approach
We’re All Equal” But Not Really
A Portrait of Failure
Racism Unmasked
Driving forces and barriers of Industry 4.0
Prosthetic memory and film-induced dark tourism in the specific post-conflict context
Evidence as a Specific Knowledge to Inform Humanitarian Decision-Making in Migration Crisis Contexts
Understanding the food-family relationship
What's your beef with meat substitutes? Exploring barriers and facilitators for meat substitutes in omnivores, vegetarians, and vegans
Focus Group Interviews in Education and Psychology
Focus Group Practice
The Handbook for Focus Group Research
Developing Questions for Focus Groups
Introduction
Techniques for Analyzing Focus Group Data
Rediscovering the Social Group
Methods in Social Research
Politics
The Group Interview in Social Research
Situational Factors In Conformity
The Psychology of Survey Response
Focus Groups as Qualitative Research
Rediscovering the Social Group
Successful Focus Groups
Methods of Social Research
Focus Groups in Social Research
The common knowledge effect
Expert Roles and Information Exchange during Discussion
Consensus and conformity
Sociological Methodology, 1979
Ringelmann rediscovered
Creative problem solving as a result of majority vs minority influence
Social Theory and Social Structure
Many hands make light the work
Developing Focus Group Research
Focus groups
Semantic Structures in Northwestern California and the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis1
Identity in Focus
The Focused Interview
| Unique citing works | 122 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 10,17 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 121 |