Qualitative Research and the Analysis of Processes. Considerations towards a "Qualitative Developmental Psychology"

• Main Author: Günter Mey
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: FQS 2000-01-01
• Series: Forum: Qualitative Social Research
• Subjects: qualitative research; microgenesis; developmental psychology; narrative psychology; analysis of processes
• Online Access: http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1120

This contribution begins with a brief description of the three phases of developmental psychology in regards to their predominant methodical orientations. The use and analysis of qualitative documents as a characteristic research strategy could only be discovered in the first phase. Following this introduction is a brief summary of some new directions connected to the early phase of developmental psychology, which are based on the analyses of para-literal documents, observations and interviews. In closing, a plea for a stronger and more equal use of a qualitative research perspective, necessary to reflect the genuine subject of developmental psychology—processes and transformation—in a more adequate way, is outlined. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0001107