ABSTRACT Currently qualitative research in psychology is underrepresented in the French academic setting; however, it has gained more importance over the past two decades. Within the context of the French academic setting, the aim of this article is to present the development of a theory-driven mixed method design in the critical health psychology approach and to demonstrate its contribution to the advancement of theoretical conceptualization. It proposes that triangulation, when viewed as a qualitative research strategy, should be considered as a meaningful research paradigm for designing mixed methods strategies in psychology. A methodological case, adopting a social representations approach to study medical decision making under uncertainty in oncology, will be used as an illustration, and the multiple triangulation strategy this case is based on will be fully described. The research will discuss how qualitative analyses contribute to empirically objectifying complex and dynamic psychosocial phenomena through the example of enhancement of the hypothesis of “cognitive polyphasia,” developed in the social representations theory, and how it is enabled by the design applied.

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在混合方法设计中对定性方法进行三角测量：基于法国社会健康心理学研究的理论驱动建议

摘要 目前，心理学的定性研究在法国学术环境中的代表性不足。然而，在过去的二十年里，它变得更加重要。在法国学术背景下，本文的目的是展示批判性健康心理学方法中理论驱动的混合方法设计的发展，并展示其对理论概念化发展的贡献。它建议将三角测量视为一种定性研究策略，应被视为一种有意义的研究范式，用于设计心理学中的混合方法策略。一个方法论案例，采用社会表征方法研究肿瘤学不确定性下的医疗决策，将用作说明，本案例所基于的多三角测量策略将得到全面描述。该研究将讨论定性分析如何通过增强社会表征理论中发展的“认知多相”假设的例子来经验地客观化复杂和动态的社会心理现象，以及它如何通过应用的设计实现。