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Thematic analysis: A reflexive approach (2024)
Book Chapter
Braun, V., Clarke, V., & Hayfield, N. (2024). Thematic analysis: A reflexive approach. In J. A. Smith (Ed.), Qualitative Psychology: A Practical Guide to Research Methods. (4th). London: SAGE Publications

This chapter introduces the thematic analysis (TA) family of methods. We highlight key features of TA, including theoretical and design flexibility and its status as a technique that can be used within a wide variety of approaches to qualitative rese... Read More about Thematic analysis: A reflexive approach.

‘Friends? Supported. Partner? Not so much ...’: Women’s experiences of friendships, family, and relationships during perimenopause and menopause (2024)
Journal Article
Hayfield, N., Moore, H., & Terry, G. (in press). ‘Friends? Supported. Partner? Not so much ...’: Women’s experiences of friendships, family, and relationships during perimenopause and menopause. Feminism and Psychology,

In recent years there has been increased cultural interest in perimenopause and menopause. The importance of peri/menopause in many women’s lives makes this topic particularly pertinent for feminist psychologists. Some feminist scholars have acknowle... Read More about ‘Friends? Supported. Partner? Not so much ...’: Women’s experiences of friendships, family, and relationships during perimenopause and menopause.

Bisexualities (2024)
Book Chapter
Hayfield, N. (2024). Bisexualities. In A. E. Goldberg (Ed.), The Sage Encyclopedia of LGBTQ+ studies. (2nd ed.). SAGE Publications

This entry introduces the topic of bisexualities, which can be broadly defined as emotional, and/or romantic, and/or sexual attraction to people of more than one sex/gender. To consider bisexualities is important, in part because they have often been... Read More about Bisexualities.

“No one has ever asked me and I’m grateful that you have” men’s experiences of their partner’s female sexual pain (2023)
Journal Article
Lovell, D., Hayfield, N., & Thomas, Z. (in press). “No one has ever asked me and I’m grateful that you have” men’s experiences of their partner’s female sexual pain. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2023.2293766

Female sexual pain (FSP) occurs within a relational context, yet little is known about partners’ experiences. We explored 26 men’s understandings and experiences of FSP within their different-sex relationships, using an online qualitative survey and... Read More about “No one has ever asked me and I’m grateful that you have” men’s experiences of their partner’s female sexual pain.

Exploring civil partnership from the perspective of those in mixed-sex relationships: Embracing a clean slate of equality (2023)
Journal Article
Hayfield, N., Jones, B., Carter, J., & Jowett, A. (in press). Exploring civil partnership from the perspective of those in mixed-sex relationships: Embracing a clean slate of equality. Journal of Family Issues, https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X231194298

Civil partnerships first became available to mixed-sex couples in England and Wales in December 2019. To date, there has been no research exploring the perspectives of mixed-sex couples who choose to become civil partners. We interviewed 21 people, a... Read More about Exploring civil partnership from the perspective of those in mixed-sex relationships: Embracing a clean slate of equality.

Mixed-sex civil partnerships: Developing a morality of love (2023)
Journal Article
Carter, J., & Hayfield, N. (in press). Mixed-sex civil partnerships: Developing a morality of love. Families, Relationships and Societies, https://doi.org/10.1332/204674321X16886294054314

Civil partnerships were extended to mixed-sex couples in England and Wales at the end of 2019, shortly followed by Northern Ireland (2020) and Scotland (2021). Since then, thousands of mixed-sex couples have entered a civil partnership. While civil p... Read More about Mixed-sex civil partnerships: Developing a morality of love.

Doing reflexive thematic analysis (2023)
Book Chapter
Braun, V., Clarke, V., Hayfield, N., Davey, L., & Jenkinson, E. (2023). Doing reflexive thematic analysis. In S. Bager-Charleson, & A. McBeath (Eds.), Supporting Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Research (19-38). (2nd). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13942-0_2

This chapter presents the essentials of conceptualising, designing and doing reflexive Thematic Analysis (TA), in counselling and psychotherapy. The authors contextualise TA as a family of methods, with some quite radically different approaches, rang... Read More about Doing reflexive thematic analysis.

Students’ representations of menopause and perimenopause: Out of control bodies and empathetic expert doctors (2022)
Journal Article
Hayfield, N., & Campbell, C. (2022). Students’ representations of menopause and perimenopause: Out of control bodies and empathetic expert doctors. Sex Roles, 87, 365–378. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-022-01320-2

Representations of peri/menopause are influential in relation to how peri/menopause is understood and how peri/menopausal women are perceived, both of which have important implications for health and wellbeing. In this paper, we report results from a... Read More about Students’ representations of menopause and perimenopause: Out of control bodies and empathetic expert doctors.

It’s like bisexuality, but it isn’t: Pansexual and panromantic people’s understandings of their identities and experiences of becoming educated about gender and sexuality (2021)
Journal Article
Hayfield, N., & Křížová, K. (2021). It’s like bisexuality, but it isn’t: Pansexual and panromantic people’s understandings of their identities and experiences of becoming educated about gender and sexuality. Journal of Bisexuality, 21(2), 167-193. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2021.1911015

In this paper, we report on our survey research which sought to explore how pansexual and panromantic people experience and understand their identities. Eighty participants, mainly in the U.K., were recruited via social media and internet forums. The... Read More about It’s like bisexuality, but it isn’t: Pansexual and panromantic people’s understandings of their identities and experiences of becoming educated about gender and sexuality.

Essentials of Thematic Analysis (2021)
Book
Terry, G., & Hayfield, N. (2021). Essentials of Thematic Analysis. Washington DC: American Psychological Association

Terry, G. and Hayfield, N. (forthcoming, July 2021) Essentials of thematic analysis. American Psychological Association.

A critical review of the interdisciplinary literature on voluntary childlessness (2021)
Book Chapter
Clarke, V., Hayfield, N., Moller, N., & Braun, V. (2021). A critical review of the interdisciplinary literature on voluntary childlessness. In The Truth about (M)otherhood: Choosing to be Childfree (29-54)

This chapter provides a critical review of the inter-disciplinary research on voluntary childlessness, examining some of the problematic assumptions that underpin the literature and the image of the childfree woman that emerges as a result. It is not... Read More about A critical review of the interdisciplinary literature on voluntary childlessness.

The invisibility of bisexual and pansexual bodies: Sexuality, appearance norms, and visual identities (2020)
Book Chapter
Hayfield, N. (2020). The invisibility of bisexual and pansexual bodies: Sexuality, appearance norms, and visual identities. In Bisexuality in Europe: Sexual Citizenship, Romantic Relationships, and Bi+ Identities. London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367809881

The invisibility and erasure of bisexuality and bisexual identities within the wider culture has been of central concern among activists and academics. The lack of cultural recognition of bisexuality has often been attributed to the persistence of bi... Read More about The invisibility of bisexual and pansexual bodies: Sexuality, appearance norms, and visual identities.

Reflexive thematic analysis (2020)
Book Chapter
Terry, G., & Hayfield, N. (2020). Reflexive thematic analysis. In M. Ward, & S. Delamont (Eds.), Handbook of Qualitative Research in Education (430-441). (2nd ed). Cheltenham, Gloucestershire: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

Bisexual and Pansexual Identities: Exploring and challenging invisibility and invalidation (2020)
Book
Hayfield, N. (2020). Bisexual and Pansexual Identities: Exploring and challenging invisibility and invalidation. London: Routledge

This book draws on psychological and social sciences research to offer a unique and in-depth exploration of the in/visibility of sexualities. It evidences how early sexologists understood sexuality within a binary model which provided the underpinnin... Read More about Bisexual and Pansexual Identities: Exploring and challenging invisibility and invalidation.

“Never Say Never?”: Heterosexual, bisexual, and lesbian women’s accounts of being childfree (2019)
Journal Article
Hayfield, N., Terry, G., Clarke, V., & Ellis, S. (2019). “Never Say Never?”: Heterosexual, bisexual, and lesbian women’s accounts of being childfree. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 43(4), 526-538. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361684319863414

Feminist scholars have identified a “motherhood imperative” in Western cultures, where heterosexual women are understood to both want, and have, children. However, social shifts have resulted in a decrease in pronatalism as well as an increase in soc... Read More about “Never Say Never?”: Heterosexual, bisexual, and lesbian women’s accounts of being childfree.

Looking heteronormatively good! Combining story completion with Bitstrips to explore understandings of sexuality and appearance (2018)
Journal Article
Hayfield, N., & Wood, M. (2019). Looking heteronormatively good! Combining story completion with Bitstrips to explore understandings of sexuality and appearance. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 16(1), 115-135. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2018.1536390

© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This study sought to develop knowledge about understandings of sexuality and appearance by using a story completion task combined with an innovative visual methodology. Fifty-four (mainly female) particip... Read More about Looking heteronormatively good! Combining story completion with Bitstrips to explore understandings of sexuality and appearance.

Qualitative story completion: Possibilities and potential pitfalls (2018)
Journal Article
Braun, V., Clarke, V., Frith, H., Hayfield, N., Malson, H., Moller, N., & Shah-Beckley, I. (2019). Qualitative story completion: Possibilities and potential pitfalls. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 16(1), 136-155. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2018.1536395

© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Hannah Frith, Nikki Hayfield, Helen Malson, Naomi Moller, and Iduna Shah-Beckley came together at the University of the West of England (UWE) in July 2017 to discuss and s... Read More about Qualitative story completion: Possibilities and potential pitfalls.

Lived Experiences of Childfree Lesbians in the United Kingdom: A Qualitative Exploration (2018)
Journal Article
Clarke, V., Hayfield, N., Ellis, S., & Terry, G. (2018). Lived Experiences of Childfree Lesbians in the United Kingdom: A Qualitative Exploration. Journal of Family Issues, 39(18), 4133-4155. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X18810931

© The Author(s) 2018. Evidence suggests that most lesbians remain childless, but little is known about the childfree lesbian experience. The current study qualitatively explores the experiences of five childfree lesbians. The results show that even f... Read More about Lived Experiences of Childfree Lesbians in the United Kingdom: A Qualitative Exploration.