Open AccessDiscursive Psychology for Applied Qualitative Research
Author(s) -
Jessica Nina Lester,
Michelle O’Reilly
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2021.5009
Subject(s) - discursive psychology , set (abstract data type) , qualitative research , epistemology , discourse analysis , point (geometry) , sociology , qualitative analysis , psychology , process (computing) , social science , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , programming language , operating system
In this paper, we offer discursive psychology (DP) as a particularly useful analytic approach for engaging in applied research. We begin by overviewing the broad area of discourse analysis and then more specifically describe the contours of discursive psychology. Drawing upon a secondary, shared dataset, we provide a general discussion of the analytic process for conducting a DP informed analysis and offer some example findings. Notably, we highlight the limitations of doing DP work when working with a secondary data set and point also toward the possibilities and opportunities.