Assigned Readings

Bryman Ch. 5 & 15

Nunkoosing, K. (2005) The problems with interviews. Qualitative Health Research 15(5), 698-706.

Warren, C.A.B. (2001). Qualitative interviewing. In J. F. Gubrium & J.A. Holstein (Eds.), Handbook of interview research. Context and method (pp. 83-102). London: Sage Publications. e-reserve

Berg, B.L. (2007). Qualitative research methods for the social sciences. Allyn & Bacon, New York. Pp. 114-136. e-reserve

Swisher, M.E. (2007) Components in qualitative data analysis.

Class Preparation

See "Instructions for Preparation of Reviews for Class Discussion." Submit the electronic summary by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 8.

CiCicco-Bloom, B. & Crabtree, B.F. (2006). Making sense of qualitative research. The qualitative research interview. Medical Education 40(4), 314-321

Fontana, A. (2001). Postmodern trends in interviewing. In J. F. Gubrium & J.A. Holstein (Eds.), Handbook of interview research. Context and method (pp. 161-175). London: Sage Publications. Get from Dr. Swisher.

Herzog, H. (2005). On home turf: Interview location and its social meaning. Qualitative Sociology 28(1), 25-47.

Lee, R.M. (1993). Doing research on sensitive topics. London, Sage Publications. Read pages 97-118, Asking sensitive questions: interviewing. Get copy from Dr. Swisher.

Murphy, J. (2005). Enabling frail older people with a communication difficulty to express their views: the use of Talking Mats (TM) as an interview tool. Health & Social Care in the Community 13(2), 95-107.

Papadopoulos, I., Scanlon, K. & Lees, S. (2002). Reporting and validating research findings through reconstructed stories. Disability & Society 17(3), 269-281.

Poland, B. & Pederson, A. (1998). Reading between the lines: interpreting silence in qualitative research. Qualitative Inquiry 42(2), 293-213.

Ryen, A. (2001). Cross-cultural interviewing. In J. F. Gubrium & J.A. Holstein (Eds.), Handbook of interview research. Context and method (pp. 335-354). London: Sage Publications. Get from Dr. Swisher.

Tran, T. & Blackman, M.C. (2006). The dynamics and validity of the group selection interview. Journal of Social Psychology 146(2), 183-201.

Yoshihama, M., Gillespie, B., Hammock, A.C., Belli, R.F. & Tolman, R.M. (2005). Does the life history calendar method facilitate the recall of intimate partner violence? Comparison of two methods of data collection. Social Work Research 29(3), 151-163.

Due Today

Class Project 3

Additional Resources

Baker, C. (2004) Membership categorization and interview accounts. In D. Silverman (ed.), Qualitative Research: Theory, Method & Practice. Sage, Thousand Oaks, p. 162-176.

Berg, B.L. (2004) A dramaturgical look at interviewing. Pearson, Boston. See 75-120.

Goldman, R., Hunt, M.K., Allen, J.D. et al. (2003) The life history interview method: applications to intervention development. Health Education and Behavior 30(5), 564-581.

Gubrium, J. & Holstein, J. (2002) Handbook of Interview Research. Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage.

Holstein, J.A. & Gubrium, J.F. (2004) The active interview. In D. Silverman (ed.), Qualitative Research: Theory, Method & Practice. Sage, Thousand Oaks, p. 140-161.

Jacobvitz, D., Curran, M. & Moller, N. (2002) Measurement of adult attechment: the place of self-report and interview methodologies. Attachment & Human Development 4(2), 207-215.

McCarthy, J.R., Holland, J. & Gillies, V. (2003). Multiple perspectives on the "family" lives of young people: methodological and theoretical issues in case study research. Social Research Methodology 6(1), 1-23.

Miller, J. & Glassner, B. (2004) The "inside" and the "outside": finding realities in interviews. In D. Silverman (ed.), Qualitative Research: Theory, Method & Practice. Sage, Thousand Oaks, p. 125-139.

Orbach, Y., Hershkowitz, I., Lamb, M.E. et al. (2000) Assessing the value of structured protocols for forensic interviews of alleged child abuse victims. Child Abuse & Neglect 24(6), 733-752.

Power, E.M. (2004) Toward understanding in postmodern interview analysis: Interpreting the contradictory remarks of a research participant. Qualitative Health Research 14(6), 858-865.

Some Studies Using Interviews

Anderson, J.A., Meyer, R.D., Sullivan, W.P. & Wright, E.R. (2005) Impact of a system of care on a community's children's social services system. Journal of Child & Family Studies 14(4), 505-520.

Anooshian, L.J. (2005) Violence and aggression in the lives of homeless children. Journal of Family Violence 20(6), 373-387.

Baxter, S.D., Thompson, W.O., Litaker, M.S. et al. (2003) Accuracy of fourth-graders' dietary recalls of school breakfast and school lunch validated with observations: in-person versus telephone interviews. Journal of Nutritional Education and Behavior 35, 124-134.

Duner, A. & Nordstrom, M. (2005) Intentions and strategies among elderly people: coping in everyday life. Journal of Aging Studies 19(4), 437-451.

Estomba, D., Ladio, A. & Lozada, M. (2006) Medicinal wild plant knowledge and gathering patterns in a Mapuche community from North-Western Patagonia. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 103(1), 109-119.

Inglis, V., Ball, K. & Crawford, D. (2005) Why do women of low socioeconomic status have poorer dietary behaviours than women of higher socioeconomic status? A qualitative exploration. Appetite 45(3), 334-343.

Malson, H. (1999) Women under erasure: anorexic bodies in postmodern context. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology 9 (1), 137-153.

Sutherland, D. & Dennick, R. (2002) Exploring culture, language and the perception of the nature of science. International Journal of Science Education 24(1), 1-25.

Worster, A.M. & Abrams, E. (2005) Sense of place among New England commercial fishermen and organic farmers: implications for socially constructed environmental education. Environmental Education Research 11(5), 525-535.