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Using thematic analysis in sport and exercise research (2016)
Book Chapter
Braun, V., Clarke, V., & Weate, P. (2016). Using thematic analysis in sport and exercise research. In B. Smith, & A. C. Sparkes (Eds.), Routledge handbook of qualitative research in sport and exercise. London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315762012.ch15

Thematic analysis (TA) is one of a cluster of analytic approaches you can use, if you want to identify patterns of meaning across a qualitative dataset. The widely-used version of TA we outline in this chapter is fairly unique in the canon of qualita... Read More about Using thematic analysis in sport and exercise research.

Reflective report: A qualitative exploration of whether lesbian and bisexual women are ‘protected’ from sociocultural pressure to be thin (2016)
Book Chapter
Huxley, C., Clarke, V., & Halliwell, E. (2016). Reflective report: A qualitative exploration of whether lesbian and bisexual women are ‘protected’ from sociocultural pressure to be thin. In E. Lyons, & A. Coyle (Eds.), Analysing Qualitative Data in Psychology. (Second). London: SAGE Publications

This reflective report provides another appearance-related example of a thematic analysis study. Whereas the worked example in Chapter 6 focused on gay men’s appearance and provided a predominantly latent-level interpretation of the data, this report... Read More about Reflective report: A qualitative exploration of whether lesbian and bisexual women are ‘protected’ from sociocultural pressure to be thin.

Thematic analysis (2016)
Book Chapter
Clarke, V., & Braun, V. (2016). Thematic analysis. In E. Lyons, & A. Coyle (Eds.), Analysing Qualitative Data in Psychology. (Second). London: SAGE Publications (UK and US)

This chapter provides an introduction to thematic analysis (TA) as a method for identifying and interpreting patterns in qualitative data. We distinguish between two main ‘schools’ of TA – (1) approaches with a foothold in quantitative research, whic... Read More about Thematic analysis.