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Abstract

This dataset enables the learner to analyse interview data on the topic of ageing using a combination of thematic analysis and psychosocial free association. A thematic approach involves a considered process of careful reading and re-reading of the data, in order to identify patterns and themes in the data. A psychosocial critique of this thematic coding, however, suggests that this fragments and disconnects the data from its original context, and also misses out a more affective reading of the data. Therefore, this dataset shows the reader how to create themes, but also how to consider the data as a whole, emphasising the importance of reflecting upon the thoughts and feelings that are evoked when reading the transcripts. The data are extracted from a PhD project, by Dr Bethany Morgan Brett from The University of Essex, entitled “The Negotiation of Midlife: Exploring the Subjective Experience of Ageing.” The dataset comprises three interview extracts and a Student Guide to using them and a Teaching Guide.

Publication Type:	Dataset
Additional Information:	Copyright SAGE 2019. Cite as: Morgan Brett, B. (2019). A psychosocial approach to analysing interviews: Combining free association and thematic coding. In Sage Research Methods Datasets Part 2. SAGE Publications Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526474933
Publisher Keywords:	attitudes, free association, menopause, middle aged, middle ages, midlife crisis, transcripts
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Departments:	School of Health & Medical Sciences School of Health & Medical Sciences > Department of Nursing & Midwifery
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Administrator

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