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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

PLEASE SHARE: One of my students - Fabbiha Tarafdar - is looking for Muslim women aged 18+ who are currently working in the UK to participate in an interview about their workplace experiences. To find out more: uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Please share: One of my counselling psychology professional doctorate students Tahmeena Miah would like to speak to trainee and qualified therapists who have completed 6 sessions with a Muslim client about their experiences of this work. For further details and to consent: lnkd.in/ejsUqFPM

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Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Super delighted that @vicclarke.bsky.social has been acknowledged for massive contributions to knowledge, with fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences. Congrats on this recognition of your impact!! 🥂 acss.org.uk/news/the-aca...

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The Academy of Social Sciences welcomes outstanding social scientists to its Fellowship in spring 2026 – Academy of Social Sciences

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SQIP @qualpsy.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

“'The Unexpected Wheelchair': Exploring U.K. University Students’ Social Perceptions of Dating and Physical Disability Using Story Completion" by @vicclarke.bsky.social and @ginnybraun.bsky.social A narrative design to understand negative social perceptions psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

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Dr Madeleine Pownall @maddipow.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

The Call for Papers is up! 📣 "What does the future of rigorous qualitative research look like in an era of open science, generative AI, increasing authoritarianism/geopolitical shifts, climate crisis and increasing concerns around research security?" think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

I'm excited to share a Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Qualitative Research in Psychology on New developments and good practice in reflexive thematic analysis co-edited by me, @ginnybraun.bsky.social @eileenjoy.bsky.social and Lisa Trainor. Please contact any of us if you have any questions.

Special issue of Qualitative Research in Psychology
Edited by Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Eileen Joy and Lisa Trainor
Call for papers
New developments and good practice in reflexive thematic analysis
The year 2026 is the 20th anniversary of the publication of the paper Using thematic analysis in psychology in Qualitative Research in Psychology. This paper has gone on to be the most cited qualitative methodological paper of all time according to an analysis by the journal Nature. Reflexive thematic analysis (TA) has transformed the practice of qualitative research in and beyond psychology. This Special Issue will mark this anniversary by exploring good practice and new developments in reflexive TA. We invite both full length papers and shorter commentaries and reflections from psychology and related disciplines. Potential topics include:
• The use of reflexive TA to analyse visual and multimodal data
• Is an N of one possible? The use reflexive TA in case study research
• Beyond consensus and theme agreement: Strategies for using reflexive TA when there is more than one analyst
• The use of reflexive TA in creative and arts-based research
• The use of reflexive TA in Indigenous research
• The use of reflexive TA in participatory designs (including participants as co-analysts)
• Extensions of reflexive TA (e.g., frameworks and guidance for interpretative analysis)
• Reviews of good (and poor) practice
• Combining reflexive TA with other approaches (e.g., combining reflexive TA and narrative analysis; reflexive TA and discourse analysis)
• “Behind the scenes”: Reflections on doing reflexive TA
• Using reflexive TA in constructionist, critical realist or mixed methods research
• Can reflexive TA be a feminist method? A queer method? A critical race theory method?
• Doing deductive reflexive TA

• Good practice in teaching and supervising reflexive TA
• Methodological pluralism and reflexive TA
• Power relations and the politics of interpretation in reflexive TA
Abstract submission deadline: 29 May 2026
Submit a maximum 500 word abstract to: Victoria.Clarke@uwe.ac.uk
Deadline for paper submissions: 30 November 2026
Please contact any of the editors to discuss potential submissions: V.Braun@auckland.ac.nz; Victoria.Clarke@uwe.ac.uk; Eileen.Joy@auckland.ac.nz; L.R.Trainor@swansea.ac.uk
Please note that we do not anticipate having a focus on the use of GenAI in reflexive TA as a Special Issue of QRIP on GenAI in qualitative research is currently in progress.

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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Very exciting that our paper on qualitative researchers' experiences of the peer review process has struck a chord and is the third most downloaded article from an APA journal in 2025! @janeemcallaghan.bsky.social @jeffnz.bsky.social @andrealamarre.bsky.social @joannasemlyen.bsky.social

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Dr Madeleine Pownall @maddipow.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

New CfP in Qualitative Research in Psychology: 🔮 "The Future of Rigorous Qualitative Research" We're inviting papers that address the big question: What does the *future* of good, quality, rigorous qual research look like? 📄 Deadline Sept 2026 💬 Happy to answer Qs docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Call for Papers: The Future of Rigorous Qualitative Research

Call for Papers for Special Issue of Qualitative Research in Psychology The Future of Rigorous Qualitative Research Special Issue Guest Editors: Dr Madeleine Pownall, Dr Nicki Lisa Cole, Dr Annayah ...

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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Please share: Participants wanted for doctoral research on South Asian women's experiences of pelvic pain - conducted by my student Mahira Budhraja. Study info in English: uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... And in Hindi: uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

A research invitation flyer with a light pink background and green paisley illustrations. The heading reads “You are Invited” . The text explains that most pain research has focused on white women, and South Asian women with long-term pelvic pain are not being heard. It invites South Asian women living in the UK who have experienced pelvic pain for more than six months (no diagnosis required) to share their experiences. The flyer provides a QR code and an email address (mahira.budhraja@uwe.ac.uk) for joining the study. It explains that interested participants will complete a brief questionnaire, and 12 women will be invited for a 45–60 minute interview about living with chronic pelvic pain. The bottom-right corner features a large QR code for accessing the questionnaire.

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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Please share: One of my counselling psychology students is looking for Muslim women who are working in the UK to share their workplace experiences and any engagement they've had with workplace wellbeing initiatives. Click on the following link to find out more: uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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APA Journals @apajournals.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

The top 10 journal articles of 2025 have been released! ✨ Read the year’s most downloaded article on interspecies altruistic behavior, and much more across #psychology bit.ly/4bqyCX8

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Gabriel Velez @gmvelez.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Love the Qualitative Psychology article as one of the top ten. @qualpsy.bsky.social @heidilevitt.bsky.social

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SQIP @qualpsy.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

#3 - “Being Really Confidently Wrong”: Qualitative Researchers’ Experiences of Methodologically Incongruent Peer Review Feedback by @vicclarke.bsky.social et al.

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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

@ginnybraun.bsky.social and I will be keynoting (me virtually) at the Qualitative Research Connect second Global Qualitative Research Conference in Cebu City, Philippines on 7-9 September 2026. The call for abstracts is now open with a deadline of 31 May: conference.qlrconnect.com

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Conference - Qualitative Research Connect, LLC

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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

A paper based on my MA Music Therapy student Ann MacLeod's research using a novel vignette-story completion technique - ‘Go with the "wave of music" to dive deep’: Exploring perceptions of psychedelic-assisted therapy and the role of music within this practice share.google/IYNcUvKOHJ6P...

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‘Go with the "wave of music" to dive deep’: Exploring perceptions of psychedelic-assisted therapy and the role of music within this practice

There is increasing interest in psychedelic-assisted therapy (PT) as a mental health intervention; however, there is a long history of stigma associat…

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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Melissa McCallum's important research using qualitative surveys, interviews, focus groups & reflexive thematic analysis (supervised by me) - Exploring Black Women's Experiences in Psychotherapeutic Training and Practice in the UK - Counselling and Psychotherapy Research share.google/QAahdyVCLjtV...

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Exploring Black Women's Experiences in Psychotherapeutic Training and Practice in the UK

Background Discussions around racial disparities and injustice have gained increasing prominence in psychotherapy and counselling research. However, research in this area has been criticised for its.....

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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

This was a really fun project to supervise! Conducted by Karen Jones for her MA Music Therapy dissertation. Coauthored with @jazztoad.bsky.social "I’m Coming Out": The Role of Music in LGBTQ+ Identities | Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy share.google/ew4XJFpHDXLe...

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"I’m Coming Out": The Role of Music in LGBTQ+ Identities | Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy

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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

When @ginnybraun.bsky.social & I first wrote about thematic analysis in 2006 we never imagined writing about TA again let alone writing a lot of chapters! Here's the latest chapter in The Sage Handbook of Health Psychology w/ @garethterry.bsky.social & Lucie Wheeler. Congratulations to the editors!

Cover of The Sage Handbook of Health Psychology edited by Katherine Brown et al

First page of a chapter on thematic analysis by Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Gareth Terry and Lucie Wheeler

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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Exciting to receive my copy of Narrative Story Completion Methodologies by Kim Kelly with a review/overview chapter on qualitative SC methods by @ginnybraun.bsky.social me, Hannah Frith & Naomi Moller. There are 2 other chapters on qualitative SC by @nikilina.bsky.social & Matt Wood & Toni Williams.

Cover of Narrative Story Completion Methodologies: Research Approaches Across the Lifespan edited by Kimberly R. Kelly

Contents page of Narrative Story Completion Methodologies

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First page of the chapter Story CompletionMethods in Qualitative Research by Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Hannah Frith and Naomi Moller

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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

If you are a LGBTQ+ identified Heartstopper fan - or know LGBTQ+ fans aged 14+ - my undergrad students' project this year is exploring why this group ❤️ Heartstopper & why positive media representation is important to LGBTQ+ people using a qualitative survey. uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

New open access paper based on Jessica Taylor's doctoral research supervised by me & Zoe Thomas exploring nonbinary people’s everyday experiences of their bodies using qualitative surveys, solicited diaries (such amazing data!) & ints, analysed w/ reflexive TA. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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“My body is in the way”: a phenomenological exploration of nonbinary people’s experiences of their bodies

There is an emerging literature on nonbinary people’s experiences of and feelings about their bodies and bodily adornment; this literature is part of an important move to address the erasure of non...

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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

New open access paper by me and @ginnybraun.bsky.social - Exploring U.K. University Students’ Social Perceptions of Dating and Physical Disability Using Story Completion. There are extensive Supplementary Materials which we hope are useful for teaching reflexive TA: awspntest.apa.org/fulltext/202...

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Rebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthewspsy.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Conference season is coming to an end but there’s still time to print @ginnybraun.bsky.social & @vicclarke.bsky.social’s #ReflexiveThematicAnalysis Bingo from @sagepub.com: study.sagepub.com/sites/default/… A must-have for every #Qualitative researcher. #DoingQual

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Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Very pleased to hear that @vicclarke.bsky.social and my Thematic Analysis book is now translated (by Saki Mizoroki) into Japanese... Please share with anyone who may be interested... @amymaher.bsky.social

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テーマ分析：実践ガイド - 新曜社

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Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

I have done some updates to @vicclarke.bsky.social and my thematic analysis website - including adding the recent genAI and qual talk... access issues should be fully resolved! www.thematicanalysis.net/talks-about-...

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Talks about thematic analysis | Thematic Analysis

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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

A great talk by @ginnybraun.bsky.social on GenAI and qualitative analysis. Can GenAI do reflexive TA? The short answer is no - reflexive TA is a human practice. Should we use GenAI as qualitative researchers given all the harms of the tech? If you're remotely concerned with social justice ... no???

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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Thematic Analysis: A Practical Guide now in Greek!

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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Great thread by @ipanalysis.bsky.social on AI and qualitative analysis (and other things). I remain completely baffled about the enthusiasm for using AI to do qualitative analysis and (reflexive) TA specifically... not least because it is profoundly unethical, exploitative, eco disaster technology

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UWE Bristol @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Psychology associate professor, Dr. Victoria Clarke, has co-authored the third most-cited academic paper of the 21st century, according to renowned international science journal @nature.com

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UWE Bristol academic paper named as one of this century’s most-cited | UWE Bristol

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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Exciting to receive another translation of my @sagepub.com book with @ginnybraun.bsky.social Successful Qualitative Research! The covering letter just said it was a Chinese edition - if anyone recognises the language it would be nice to know!

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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

The most cited papers of the 21st century, including @vicclarke.bsky.social and @ginnybraun.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41... As they told us in this 2021 interview, 'thematic analysis has travelled to places we've never heard of'! www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

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Exclusive: the most-cited papers of the twenty-first century

A Nature analysis reveals the 25 highest-cited papers published this century and explores why they are breaking records.

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Helen Pearson @helenpearson.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

An analysis by @nature.com reveals the 25 highest-cited papers published this century. On the list: advances in AI; ways to improve research quality & systematic reviews; cancer statistics and more. www.nature.com/articles/d41... With @richvn.bsky.social @heidiledford.bsky.social & Matthew Hutson

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Exclusive: the most-cited papers of the twenty-first century

A Nature analysis reveals the 25 highest-cited papers published this century and explores why they are breaking records.

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Richard Van Noorden @richvn.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

What's the most-cited paper published this century? A @nature.com analysis reveals the 25 highest-cited papers published this century and explores why they are breaking records. (With @helenpearson.bsky.social, @heidiledford.bsky.social and Matthew Hutson). www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Exclusive: the most-cited papers of the twenty-first century

A Nature analysis reveals the 25 highest-cited papers published this century and explores why they are breaking records.

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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

@ginnybraun.bsky.social & I were interviewed by @nature.com for a feature on the Most-cited papers of all time. Our paper Using Thematic Analysis in Psychology is number 3! And the 9th most cited paper OF ALL TIME! Wow! Go qualitative research!! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Exclusive: the most-cited papers of the twenty-first century

A Nature analysis reveals the 25 highest-cited papers published this century and explores why they are breaking records.

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SQIP @qualpsy.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

New in #Qualitative Psychology, "'Being Really Confidently Wrong': Qualitative Researchers’ Experiences of Methodologically Incongruent Peer Review Feedback" by @vicclarke.bsky.social et al. Recommendations for improving methodological integrity of peer review. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

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Ros Edwards @rosedwards.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Book while you can - the excellent @ginnybraun.bsky.social @vicclarke.bsky.social on ‘Is COREC a useful tool to guide the reporting of qualitative research?’ (Hint - 👎) Online QUEST/@ncrmuk/@scdtp supported seminar 14 May @12.30 coreq.eventbrite.co.uk

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Is COREQ a useful tool to guide the reporting of qualitative research?

This special event in the QUEST/NCRM/SCDTP seminar series focuses on how we report qualitative research.

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Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

super excited to see a photo of the actual book that is the Polish translation of @vicclarke.bsky.social and my @sagepub.com book Thematic Analysis: A Practical Guide! Sadly I have zero words of Polish! @amymaher.bsky.social 🥰 #ThematicAnalysis #Qualitative

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Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Really looking forward to co-presenting with @vicclarke.bsky.social for this conference - attempting our first virtual/IRL hybrid presentation... #QRMH10

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Bethlehem Tekola @bethlehem.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

I love one of the reasons Braun & Clarke provided (written as a footnote) as to why they use the term "phase" rather than "step" in their six phase approach to doing reflexive thematic analysis: "Steps and stairs are also one of the ways our physical environments are made inaccessible for many"

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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Qualitative researchers' experiences of methodologically incongruent peer review feedback w/ @ginnybraun.bsky.social @jeffnz.bsky.social @janeemcallaghan.bsky.social @andrealamarre.bsky.social & @joannasemlyen.bsky.social psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

First page of the paper Being really confidently wrong by Victoria Clarke et al.

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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Really pleased to have this paper on qualitative researchers' experiences of peer review with @ginnybraun.bsky.social @janeemcallaghan.bsky.social @joannasemlyen.bsky.social out there - open access. We recruited lots of the contributors on the other place... psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...

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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Participants aged 18+ wanted for survey research on incidental encounters with therapists. You need to have experience of therapy as a client & have encountered your therapist unexpectedly outside of therapy (in person or online - shopping, gym, dating app etc): uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Participants aged 18+ wanted for qualitative research exploring perceptions of body size in therapy - taking part involves completing 2 short stories about a first therapy session. To find out more and take part: uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management

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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

New open access paper by me & @ginnybraun.bsky.social on reporting guidelines for qualitative research. We centred qualitative research values in creating these guidelines rather than the more typical expert consensus or consolidation/synthesis: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Reporting guidelines for qualitative research: a values-based approach

Evaluative tools for qualitative research need to be developed and designed in a way that allows them to be used by the research community to assess qualitative research on its own terms, and thus ...

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Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · 28/07/2024

How do you solve a problem like COREQ? A critique of Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research - ScienceDirect New out (& maybe still uncorrected proofs) from @vicclarke.bsky.social and me. Please share www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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How do you solve a problem like COREQ? A critique of Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research

In this paper, we argue that COREQ – the consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (Tong et al., 2007) – is a problem, and a problem in…

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