Qualitative Studies in Quality of Life: Methodology and Practice

✍ Scribed by Graciela Tonon (eds.)

Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2015
Tongue: English
Leaves: 247
Series: Social Indicators Research Series 55
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This volume explores the use and relevance of qualitative methods for the study of quality of life. It analyzes the role of qualitative researcher and the role of the context and the culture in quality of life studies. It presents the use of qualitative methods in real projects carried out in specific fields: geography, health, community studies, labor life and yoga. Finally, the book proposes the use of mixed methods that are considered as the third methodological approach in social research.

The main purpose of using qualitative methods is to understand what it means for participants to be involved in certain events, situations and actions. Such methods help understand the context in which participants act and the influence of that context on their actions. The decision to use a particular methodology implies a philosophic, theoretical and political decision. Qualitative methodology constitutes an approach that is essential for understanding people’s experiences of well-being and discovering new issues related to quality of life.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Relevance of the Use of Qualitative Methods in the Study of Quality of Life....Pages 3-21
The Qualitative Researcher in the Quality of Life Field....Pages 23-36
The Role of Context and Culture in Quality of Life Studies....Pages 37-52
Integration of Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Quality of Life Studies....Pages 53-60
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Qualitative Methodologies in Geography, Contributions to the Study of Quality of Life....Pages 63-95
Qualitative Studies in Health-Related Quality of Life: The Case of Young People Living With HIV/AIDS....Pages 97-120
Children’s Quality of Life in the Caribbean: A Qualitative Study....Pages 121-148
Qualitative Studies of Young People’s Quality of Life in Urban and Rural Areas....Pages 149-178
Young People’S Rural Quality of Life in the Colombian Andes: A Qualitative Study Using Triangulation....Pages 179-216
A Qualitative Study on Yoga Practice in Quality of Labor Life....Pages 217-238
Back Matter....Pages 239-240

✦ Subjects

Quality of Life Research; Cross Cultural Psychology; Quality of Life Research; Methodology of the Social Sciences

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