Qualitative Research in Family Therapy: A Substantive and Methodological Review

Gehart, Diane R.; Ratliff, Dan A.; Lyle, Randall R.

doi:10.1111/j.1752-0606.2001.tb01162.x

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“…These descriptions need to be, as various other researchers have described, rich, deep and thick and to do this the researcher needs to develop a conversational relation with those being interviewed (Benner, 1994;Gehart, Ratliff, & Lyle, 2001;van Manen, 1990). …”

Section: Collecting the Datamentioning

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Within the web: the family–practitioner relationship in the context of chronic childhood illness

Dickinson¹,

Smythe²,

Spence

2006

J Child Health Care

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This hermeneutic phenomenological study explores the relationship between health professionals and families who have a child with a chronic illness. Study participants included 10 family groups who had a child with a chronic illness and 12 practitioners from the disciplines of nursing, medicine, dietetics, physiotherapy and speech therapy. Data were collected by narrative audiotaped interviewing. The results of this study revealed that chronic childhood illness ‘throws' families and practitioners together into a web of relationships, which must work for the sake of the child. However, children are usually excluded from the relationship. To understand and manage the child's illness, practitioners and families ‘go around’ and act ‘in-between’ relationships. While the quality of the relationship from the family perspective is not essential, relationships are more successful when practitioners recognize the uniqueness of each family web. The nature of the relationship is often simple, yet it coexists with complexity.

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Section: Collecting the Datamentioning

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Within the web: the family–practitioner relationship in the context of chronic childhood illness

Dickinson¹,

Smythe²,

Spence

2006

J Child Health Care

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“…Theoretical Traditions Gehart et al (2001) report that in recent qualitative studies, grounded theory is the most popular tradition utilized by family researchers. This remains true for the current study.…”

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“…Within this research base, interviews have been the most frequently utilized method (Gehart et al 2001). Interviews are a valuable means of obtaining information about the experiences of families, couples, and individuals.…”

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Qualitative Research in Marriage and Family Therapy: Who is in the Interview?

Beitin

2007

Contemp Fam Ther

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Qualitative interviews are a rich means of gathering information from families. The qualitative interviewer has a choice of interviewing individual family members, multiple family members at the same time, or a combination. The configuration of interviewees is a choice guided by the epistemology of the researcher, research aims, and questions. This article reviews the literature on interviewing different configurations of family members. A content analysis was conducted on articles in the marriage and family therapy literature from 1990 to 2005. Over half of the articles were conducted with individual family members separate from their families. This finding is discussed in the context of the decision regarding whom to interview.

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“…One key to ensuring validity to the findings is the use of low-inference descriptions. Low-inference descriptions are direct quotes from the person being interviewed that support themes reported in the results (Gehart, Ratliff, & Lyle, 2001). This allows the reader to more effectively judge the accuracy of the analysis.…”

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Exploring Transformational Processes and Meaning in LDS Marriages

Goodman¹,

Dollahite²,

Marks³

2012

Marriage & Family Review

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For decades, research has shown that religion is correlated with several important aspects of marriage. However, most studies have looked only at distal aspects of a couple's religion, such as church attendance or religious salience, and are therefore hard pressed to explain precisely how religion and marriage correlate. This qualitative study examines the connection Mormon (LDS) couples perceive between their religious faith and their marriage and family relationships. For this study we used a subset of a national sample of 445 individuals from across the United States who were interviewed over several years; this subset consisted of 48 individuals (24 couples) living in seven different states (25% of whom are ethnic minorities) that we interviewed. The interviews specifically sought to understand how these couples connected their faith to five transformational constructs: commitment, sacrifice, coping, conflict resolution, and forgiveness. Each couple shared specific beliefs and practices that impacted their approach to these constructs. Analysis was then made identifying patterns and parallels.

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Qualitative Research in Family Therapy: A Substantive and Methodological Review

Cited by 48 publications

References 31 publications

Within the web: the family–practitioner relationship in the context of chronic childhood illness

Within the web: the family–practitioner relationship in the context of chronic childhood illness

Qualitative Research in Marriage and Family Therapy: Who is in the Interview?

Exploring Transformational Processes and Meaning in LDS Marriages

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