Abstract
Elicitation techniques in connection with semi-structured interviews are scantily used, but reported to be beneficial to research. We developed and tested a new visual technique to be utilized in the latter part of semi-structured interviews. It has proved to be feasible and beneficial to use, and it could possibly be used by others. This way of extending the interviews generates more data in a visual form, as well as in a verbal form, by supporting the participants in remembering nearly forgotten parts of their experiences and in expressing emotions associated with those significant experiences. As a contribution to qualitative research, our study showed that the visual data, created by the participants, also contributed to getting the elaborated narratives.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Qualitative Report |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 2 |
Pages (from-to) | 596-608 |
Number of pages | 13 |
ISSN | 1052-0147 |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2011 |
Keywords
- Elicitation technique
- Emotions
- Health service research
- Narrative methods
- Patient perspective
- Qualitative research
- Semi-structured interviews