Bibliography developed by Dr. Kathleen Knafl, Professor, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
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Updated October 2023
Abma, T. A., & Stake, R. E. (2014). Science of the particular: An advocacy of naturalistic case study in health research. Qualitative Health Research, 24(8), 1150-1161. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732314543196.
Ayres, L., Kavanaugh, K., & Knafl, K. A. (2003). Within-case and across-case approaches to qualitative data analysis. Qualitative Health Research, 13(6), 871-883. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732303013006008.
Bell, L., Paul, D., Tribble, D. S. C., & Goulet, C. (2000). Strategies to elicit and analyze relational family data. Journal of Family Nursing, 6(4), 380-399. https://doi.org/10.1177/107484070000600405.
Berge, J. M., Mendenhall, T. J., & Doherty, W. J. (2009). Using Community‐Based Participatory Research (CBPR) to target health disparities in families. Family Relations, 58(4), 475-488. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3729.2009.00567.x
Conger, R. D., Brainerd, D. W., Birch, L. L., Friedberg, P. J., & Navarro, L. A. (1986). Assessing the quality of family observations: A comparative analysis. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 361-373. https://doi.org/10.2307/352403.
Coyer, S. M., & Gallo, A. M. (2005). Secondary analysis of data. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 19(1), 60-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2004.10.003.
Creswell, J. W., Klassen, A. C., Plano Clark, V. L., & Smith, K. C. (2011). Best practices for mixed methods research in the health sciences. Bethesda (Maryland): National Institutes of Health, 2013, 541-545.
Danford, C. A., & Martyn, K. K. (2013). Exploring eating and activity behaviors with parent–child dyads using event history calendars. Journal of Family Nursing, 19(3), 375-398. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840713491831
Distefano, R., Nelson, K. M., & Masten, A. S. (2022). A qualitative analysis of autonomy‐supportive parenting in families experiencing homelessness. Family Relations, 71(1), 147-162. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12626
Driessnack, M. (2017). “Who are you from” The importance of family stories. Journal of Family Nursing, 23, (4), 434-449. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840717735510.
Eggenberger, S., & Nelms, T. (2007). Family interviews as a method for family research. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 58, 282-292. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04238.x.
Eisikovits, Z., & Koren, C. (2010). Approaches to and outcomes of dyadic interview analysis. Qualitative Health Research, 20(12), 1642-1655. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732310376520.
Fiese, B. H., & Spagnola, M. (2005). Narratives in and About Families: An Examination of Coding Schemes and a Guide for Family Researchers. Journal of Family Psychology, 19(1), 51–61. https://doi.org/10.1037/0893-3200.19.1.51.
Fiese, B. H., & Wamboldt, F. S. (2003). Coherent accounts of coping with a chronic illness: Convergences and divergences in family measurement using a narrative analysis. Family Process, 42(4), 439-451. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.2003.00439.x.
Gilgun, J. F. (2005). Qualitative Research and Family Psychology. Journal of Family Psychology, 19(1), 40–50. https://doi.org/10.1037/0893-3200.19.1.40.
Gilgun, J. (1999). Methodological pluralism and qualitative family research. In S.K. Steinmetz, M.B. Sussman, & G. W. Peterson (Eds.). Handbook of marriage and the family (2nd ed., pp 219-261). New York, NY: Plenum Press.
Gilgun, J. (2004). Deductive qualitative analysis and family theory-building. In V. Bengston, P. Dillworth-Anderson, K. Allen, A. Acock, & D. Klein (Eds.). Sourcebook of family theory and research (pp. 83-85). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Gilgun, J. F. (2012). Enduring themes of qualitative family research. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 4(2), 80-95. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-2589.2012.00118.x.
Ginn, C. S., Mughal, M. K., Syed, H., Storteboom, A. R., & Benzies, K. M. (2017). Sustaining engagement in longitudinal research with vulnerable families: A mixed-methods study of attrition. Journal of Family Nursing, 23(4), 488-515. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840717738224
Goldberg, A. E., & Allen, K. R. (2015). Communicating qualitative research: Some practical guideposts for scholars. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 77(1), 3-22. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12153
Harden, J., Backett‐Milburn, K., Hill, M., & MacLean, A. (2010). Oh, what a tangled web we weave: Experiences of doing ‘multiple perspectives’ research in families. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 13(5), 441-452. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645571003650979.
Harden, J. K., Northouse, L. L., & Mood, D. W. (2006). Qualitative analysis of couples’ experience with prostate cancer by age cohort. Cancer Nursing, 29(5), 367-377.
Humble, A. (2012). Qualitative data analysis software: A call for understanding, detail, intentionality, and thoughtfulness. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 4,122-137. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-2589.2012.00125.x.
Knafl, K. A., & Ayres, L. (1996). Managing large qualitative data sets in family research. Journal of Family Nursing, 2(4), 350-364. https://doi.org/10.1177/107484079600200402.
Knafl, K., & Deatrick, J. (2006). Family management style and the challenge of moving from conceptualization to measurement. Journal of the Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses, 23, 12-18. https://doi.org/10.1177/1043454205283585.
Leech, N., & Onwuegbuzie, A. (2009). A typology of mixed methods research designs. Quality and Quantity, 43, 265-275. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-007-9105-3.
O’Cathain, A., Murphy, E., & Nicholl, J. (2010). Three techniques for integrating data in mixed methods studies. British Medical Journal, 341.
Rempel, G. R., Neufeld, A., & Kushner, K. E. (2007). Interactive use of genograms and ecomaps in family caregiving research. Journal of Family Nursing, 13(4), 403-419. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840707307917
Rosenblatt, P. (2012). One interviewer versus several: Modernist and postmodernist perspectives in qualitative family interviewing. Journal of Family Theory and Review, 4, 96-104. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-2589.2012.00120.x.
Sandelowski, M. (2010). What’s in a name? Qualitative description revisited. Research in Nursing and Health, 33, 77-84. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.20362.
Sandelowski, M. (1995). What it is and how to begin. Research in Nursing & Health, 18, 371-375. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.4770180411.
Schulz, G. L., Patterson Kelly, K., Armer, J., & Ganong, L. (2021). Uncovering family treatment decision-making processes: The value and application of case study methods to family research. Journal of Family Nursing, 27(3), 191-198. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840720987223
Song, M., Sandelowski, M., & Happ, M. (2010). Current practices and emerging trends in conducting mixed methods intervention studies in the health sciences. In A. Tashakkori & C. Teddlie (Eds.), Handbook of mixed methods in social & behavioral research (pp. 725-747). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Taylor, B., & Vocht, H. (2011). Interviewing separately or as couples? Consideration of authenticity of method. Qualitative Health Research, 21, 1576-1587. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732311415288.