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The Criteria for Qualitative Research in Psychology

Author: DingXiaoFang
Tutor: WuZuo
School: Jilin University
Course: Basic Psychology
Keywords: Psychology Qualitative Research Evaluation criteria
CLC: B841
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2011
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Abstract

Qualitative research (qualitative research) in Western social science, its development can be traced back to the nineteenth century. After two centuries of development, qualitative research has a theoretical basis, a complete method of operation, extensive branch gradually improve the method of detection technology system. Qualitative methods have the basis of a wide range of disciplines, such as sociology, anthropology, linguistics, and has a variety of theoretical foundation, such as post-positivism, constructivism, interpretivism, criticism, and post-modernism, covering ethnographic content analysis, case studies, grounded theory, phenomenology, and to participate in the observed dozen. The rise of qualitative research on the one hand is the anthropological social survey movement and phenomenon driven theory development, on the one hand, for the quantitative study of extreme scientific objective of the reactionary. Qualitative research by the wave of modernism, has been more scholars of support, but has also been criticism from all sides. Critics argue that qualitative research is not rigorous enough, and the lack of scientific evaluation criteria. In fact, from the early rise of qualitative research, it is challenged by the rigor of the scholars do not know what the standard should make use of a qualitative research to determine whether it is acceptable. The 1980s and Western social science in the 1990s set off a debate on the evaluation criteria of an confrontation climax, the last is still stuck in a chaotic state. Discussion on qualitative research abroad mainly in the fields of medicine, nursing, followed by psychology, domestic qualitative research papers published is pedagogy, the main content is the definition of the introduction of qualitative research, methods, operations, quality different and the possibility of integration and quantitative research methods, including a large part of the confrontation of application examples article. Psychology qualitative research in the theory of universal stage, the main concern is the basis of theory or paradigm of qualitative research and its position in psychology, grounded theory, applied research. Nevertheless, some scholars expect qualitative research will show the trend of rapid development in various fields of psychology, applied research will continue to increase. Establish evaluation criteria for qualitative research can help us to analyze and identify these psychological literature, confrontation of research assessment standards, can not only deepen our understanding of the confrontation of, and promote the diversification of the research methods of psychology, and at the same time because of the quality of research well who is a psychology practice, such as psychologists, counselors, the use of the discussion of this paper can also play a role in promoting the development of the field of psychology-related applications. The article first introduces the definition of qualitative research, to distinguish the difference between qualitative research and qualitative research. To help understand the complexity of qualitative research, articles confrontation a clear exposition of the history of research and development carried out, whereby we can confront the reasons why include a certain understanding of so many branches. Then the article confrontation of research in the context of the development of psychology has combed confronted Research have an understanding of the situation in psychology. Discuss the feasibility of the establishment of qualitative research evaluation system, the more agree with or dispute currently abroad and more comprehensive evaluation system representations, through a detailed analysis of these foreign views behind, trying to seize the hidden including dimensions, hope to provide some reference in these evaluation criteria applied to psychology. Final papers try to these evaluation criteria integration, first of all, according to the research purpose, five main stages of the study design, sampling procedures, analysis and interpretation process, and Walsh and Down structured assessment. Secondly, according to the researchers attribution paradigm base, the evaluation criteria to be evaluated with reference to the corresponding paradigm. Reliability, such as post-positivist concept of validity, the constructivism trustworthiness system, and criticism of authenticity and crossing validity. Referring again to cross the paradigm standard, such as reflexivity, ethical issues, and to assess the development and impact of the extent of current psychological theory.

The Criteria for Qualitative Research in Psychology

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