Grounded theory was originally expounded by Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss in their 1967 book The Discovery of Grounded Theory (Glaser and Strauss 1967). Reacting against what they saw as the dominance of hypothetico-deductive, theory-testing approaches, Glaser and Strauss proposed grounded theory as a way of building theory systematically using data obtained from social research. Since its f...

the main purpose of this research is to describe emergent approach of grounded theory methodology and then compare it with systematic approach. to do so, after describing emergent approach, it compare it with systematic one surrounding 5 axis: coding processes; sampling processes; paradigms; literature review and rigor considerations. the findings show that emergent approach in comparison with ...

I refer to and use as scholarly inspiration CHARMAZ's excellent article on constructivist grounded theory as a tool of getting to the fundamental issues on why grounded theory is not constructivist. I show that constructivist data, if it exists at all, is a very very small part of the data that grounded theory uses.

identity and other issues related to it is one the most important matters in human’s life. identity is a complex and multi-dimensional issue; so studying it, considering its importance in different aspects of life, is rough. the main aim of this study is recognizing the effective factors on social identity as well as understanding the imagination and narration of women of themselves. with the u...

background suicide attempts are more common among adolescents than other age groups. although suicide is considered a worldwide problem, but the related factors, to suicidal behavior are different in various cultures. objectives the purpose of this study is to identify themes that explain suicide attempt process among adolescents in iran. patients and methods this is a qualitative study carried...

How can grounded theory researchers develop integrated conceptual analysis? In this paper, the authors use lessons learnt during a study of clinical judgment in nursing to offer practical strategies that avoid some of the pitfalls commonly encountered during grounded theory research.

conclusions the results clarified a deep perception of participants’ experiences after disaster. the path of life recovery after disasters involves participants’ striving to achieve a comprehensive health recovery, which starts with the need for all-inclusive health recovery as a main concern; this is the motivator for a responding strategy. this strategy is participatory, and the process is pr...

introduction: regarding the social and economic changes and developments, the increasing presence of working women in the present society and their important role in the family, paying more attentions to the importance of maternal role among working women who face multiple roles seems to be necessary. hence, the process of maternal role among working women has been investigated in this study. m...

Although qualitative methods, grounded theory included, cannot be reduced to formulaic procedures, research tools can clarify the process. The authors discuss two instruments supporting grounded theory analysis and interpretation using two examples from doctoral students. The conditional relationship guide contextualizes the central phenomenon and relates categories linking structure with proce...