Outputs (46)

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.

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.

Recent developments in research with bisexual women (2022)
Journal Article
Hayfield, N. (2022). Recent developments in research with bisexual women. Current Opinion in Psychology, 48, 101489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101489

This article is organised into sections that explore three key themes. The first is overarching and cuts across the literature, where within recent bisexuality research there has been increased inclusion of those whose identities are defined by attra... Read More about Recent developments in research with bisexual women.

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.