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Qual Res Psychol. 2015 Apr 03;12(2):202-222. doi: 10.1080/14780887.2014.955224. Epub 2014 Sep 02.

The Utility of Template Analysis in Qualitative Psychology Research.

Qualitative research in psychology

Joanna Brooks, Serena McCluskey, Emma Turley, Nigel King

Affiliations

  1. University of Huddersfield, Centre for Applied Psychological and Health Research, Institute for Research in Citizenship and Applied Human Sciences , Huddersfield , UK.
  2. Manchester Metropolitan University, Department of Health Professions , Manchester , UK.

PMID: 27499705 PMCID: PMC4960514 DOI: 10.1080/14780887.2014.955224

Abstract

Thematic analysis is widely used in qualitative psychology research, and in this article, we present a particular style of thematic analysis known as Template Analysis. We outline the technique and consider its epistemological position, then describe three case studies of research projects which employed Template Analysis to illustrate the diverse ways it can be used. Our first case study illustrates how the technique was employed in data analysis undertaken by a team of researchers in a large-scale qualitative research project. Our second example demonstrates how a qualitative study that set out to build on mainstream theory made use of the

Keywords: Pictor technique; Template Analysis; a priori themes; applied research; group data analysis; qualitative research; thematic analysis

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