Words and stories have the power to resonate with people. Composite narratives can be constructed using multiple participant accounts, representing their experiences while also capturing the properties and categories of qualitative research findings. The ability of composite narratives to represent the multiple facets of theory construction through a singular narrative point-of-view is unique and provides a concise and credible method to present research findings. This paper explains how composite narratives can be constructed to present the research data that findings are built upon through an illustrative example of the process. The example of a composite narrative presented in this article is one of a larger set from a grounded theory study about a substantive group of Australian students’ experiences of their interactions in the classroom that communicate their teachers’ expectations of them. Narratives have the power to affect change in society by enhancing the transferability of research findings, presenting research findings with impact because they are engaging and memorable for readers. Qualitative researchers who are interested in composing composite narratives to reflect multiple participants’ different experiences, through interview data, will benefit from the justification and example of the technique, which provides a model for future research.

文字和故事具有引起人们共鸣的力量。可以使用多个参与者帐户构建复合叙事，代表他们的经历，同时也捕捉定性研究结果的属性和类别。复合叙事通过单一叙事视角来表示理论构建的多个方面的能力是独一无二的，并提供了一种简洁可信的方法来呈现研究结果。本文解释了如何构建复合叙事，以通过过程的说明性示例来呈现研究数据，这些数据是建立在研究结果之上的。本文中提出的复合叙述的例子是基于理论研究的更大集合之一，该研究涉及大量澳大利亚学生在课堂上的互动体验，这些体验传达了老师对他们的期望。叙事有能力通过提高研究结果的可转移性来影响社会的变化，展示具有影响力的研究结果，因为它们对读者来说很有吸引力且令人难忘。对通过访谈数据撰写复合叙事以反映多个参与者的不同经历感兴趣的定性研究人员将受益于该技术的理由和示例，这为未来的研究提供了模型。叙事有能力通过提高研究结果的可转移性来影响社会的变化，展示具有影响力的研究结果，因为它们对读者来说很有吸引力且令人难忘。对通过访谈数据撰写复合叙事以反映多个参与者的不同经历感兴趣的定性研究人员将受益于该技术的理由和示例，这为未来的研究提供了模型。叙事有能力通过提高研究结果的可转移性来影响社会的变化，展示具有影响力的研究结果，因为它们对读者来说很有吸引力且令人难忘。对通过访谈数据撰写复合叙事以反映多个参与者的不同经历感兴趣的定性研究人员将受益于该技术的理由和示例，这为未来的研究提供了模型。