The Utility of Template Analysis in Qualitative Psychology Research

作者：Joanna M. Brooks, Serena McCluskey, Emma L. Turley, NIGEL MARTYN KING · 发表于：Qualitative Research in Psychology · 年份：2015 · DOI：10.1080/14780887.2014.955224 · 被引用次数：1986 · 研究领域：Community Health and Development、Evaluation and Performance Assessment、Management and Organizational Studies

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 a priori themes (themes determined in advance of coding) permitted in Template Analysis. Our final case study shows how Template Analysis can be used from an interpretative phenomenological stance. We highlight the distinctive features of this style of thematic analysis, discuss the kind of research where it may be particularly appropriate, and consider possible limitations of the technique. We conclude that Template Analysis is a flexible form of thematic analysis with real utility in qualitative psychology research.