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Qualitative Studies in Quality of Life

Methodology and Practice

Graciela Tonon editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG

Published:24th Sep '16

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This volume explores the use and relevance of qualitative methods for the study of quality of life. It analyzes the role of qualitative researcher and the role of the context and the culture in quality of life studies. It presents the use of qualitative methods in real projects carried out in specific fields: geography, health, community studies, labor life and yoga. Finally, the book proposes the use of mixed methods that are considered as the third methodological approach in social research.

The main purpose of using qualitative methods is to understand what it means for participants to be involved in certain events, situations and actions. Such methods help understand the context in which participants act and the influence of that context on their actions. The decision to use a particular methodology implies a philosophic, theoretical and political decision. Qualitative methodology constitutes an approach that is essential for understanding people’s experiences of well-being and discovering new issues related to quality of life.

“Tonon and her colleagues demonstrate how the application of qualitative approaches to the Quality of Life field provides a crucial intervention in understanding quality of life. … The book provides a different kind of scientificity and rigour to understanding quality of life. … The book is a presentation of what Tonon describes as a ‘new horizon of development’.  … The book therefore materially provides new perspectives both in its scholarship and its commitment to developing scholarly practice.” (Tobia Fattore, Applied Research in Quality of Life, Vol. 10, 2015)

ISBN: 9783319353289

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 3927g

240 pages

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015