ABSTRACT

This article introduces grounded theory and places this method in its historical context when 1960s quantitative researchers wielded harsh criticisms of qualitative research. The originators of grounded theory, sociologists Glaser and Strauss, sought to defend the quality of qualitative research and argued that grounded theory increased its quality by providing a method of theory construction. Our major foci include: (1) introducing the logic of grounded theory, with emphasis on how researchers can use it to construct theory, (2) detailing criteria for quality in the major forms of grounded theory advocated by Glaser and Strauss and augmented by Glaser, Strauss and Corbin and refined by Corbin, and Charmaz and (3) providing an analysis of how constructivist grounded theorists Thornberg, Halldin, Bolmsjö and Petersson attended to the interviewing process, coding, and developing their theoretical concept of double victimizing. Students and researchers new to the method can use our concluding guidelines as a checklist to assess the quality of their constructivist grounded theory research.

摘要

本文介绍了扎根理论，并将这种方法置于 1960 年代定量研究人员对定性研究提出严厉批评的历史背景中。扎根理论的创始人，社会学家格拉泽和施特劳斯，试图捍卫定性研究的质量，并认为扎根理论通过提供一种理论构建方法来提高其质量。我们的主要关注点包括：（1）介绍扎根理论的逻辑，强调研究人员如何使用它来构建理论，（2）详细说明格拉泽和施特劳斯倡导并由格拉泽加强的扎根理论主要形式的质量标准、Strauss 和 Corbin 并由 Corbin 和 Charmaz 提炼，(3) 提供了对建构主义理论家 Thornberg、Halldin、Bolmsjö 和 Petersson 参与了采访过程、编码和发展他们的双重受害理论概念。不熟悉该方法的学生和研究人员可以使用我们的结论指南作为清单来评估他们的建构主义扎根理论研究的质量。