Thematic analysis

Braun, Virginia; Clarke, Victoria; Terry, Gareth

Abstract

Thematic analysis (TA) is a method for identifying, analysing and interpreting patterned meanings or ‘themes’ in qualitative data. In this chapter we outline our approach to TA (Braun & Clarke, 2006, 2012, 2013) and demonstrate core processes of coding and theme development using worked examples from our study of sexual health professionals’ views on impediments to sexual health in Aotearoa/New Zealand ([A/NZ], Terry, Braun & Farvid, 2012). First we consider the historical development of TA, and the proliferation of different approaches to TA, then outline the hallmarks of our approach to TA: its unique status as a method, rather than a methodology, and its theoretical flexibility.

Citation

Braun, V., Clarke, V., & Terry, G. (2014). Thematic analysis. In A. Lyons, & P. Rohleder (Eds.), Qualitative Research in Clinical and Health Psychology. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan

• Publication Date: Oct 1, 2014
• Deposit Date: Sep 6, 2013
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Book Title: Qualitative Research in Clinical and Health Psychology
• ISBN: 9781137291073
• Keywords: thematic analysis
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/810999
• Publisher URL: http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/qualitative-research-in-clinical-and-health-psychology-poul-rohleder/?isb=9781137291073