This methodological review starts one step before Small's classic account of how many cases a scholar needs. We ask, “Which cases do I need?” We argue that a core feature of most qualitative research is case construction, which we define as the delineation of a social category of inquiry. We outline how qualitative researchers construct cases and o...
Published in Frontiers in Education
Student teachers have been found to be critical toward the research approaches they learned from their master's-based teacher education programmes. Our aim is to discuss how certain research approaches learnt during a 5-year academic master's level teacher education, may bring student teachers close to practice and provide them with conceptual and ...
Published in Journal of dairy science
Antimicrobial use (AMU) data are essential to monitor the effect of AMU reduction strategies in animal health. The use of technology and herd recording software to record AMU will be vital to scale the collation of these data in the future. The aim of this study was to determine the barriers and facilitators to Irish dairy farmers recording their A...
Published in Qualitative health research
How do we explore the meaningfulness of others' experiences? What means do we have to access their experiencing of the world? How do we express our understandings of others' experiences of body and place without reducing them to objectification? In this methodological paper, we reflect on how we can gain valuable insights into the lived experiences...
Published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
Introduction The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends Cognitive-Behavioural therapy (CBT) as the psychotherapeutic treatment of choice for adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in the UK. However, the literature often refers to adapted CBT programs tailored for ADHD and provides limited insight i...
Published in Treatises and Documents, Journal of Ethnic Studies / Razprave in Gradivo, Revija za narodnostna vprašanja
The article delves into the understanding of the notion of kin-state or homeland among members of the Italian national community in Slovene Istria. The authors find that both the notions of kinness and homeland remain theoretically unclear and incomplete, posing significant challenges to the exploration of the amalgamated theoretical construct of k...
Published in Disability and rehabilitation
A common methodological limitation of research that guides surgical procedure selection for children's elective lower limb orthopaedic surgeries is inconsistent outcome selection. Improving outcome consistency can be achieved through the development of a core outcome set (COS). The aim of this study is to identify which outcomes are considered impo...
Published in Disability and rehabilitation
Many people with multiple sclerosis (MS) have spasticity, generally in the lower limbs, but this symptom is complex and multidimensional and therefore difficult to characterize.MS spasticity may be influenced by moderators, triggers, modifiers, and treatment, all of which can affect objective measures and the subjective experience of spasticity.MS ...
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
The frequent use of telework during the COVID -19 pandemic has created a more challenging work situation for managers who need to lead effectively in the virtual space, this especially concerns female managers. Therefor it is of importance to investigate female managers’ experiences of job related demands, control and support within this work conte...
Die methodologischen Grundlagen und methodischen Möglichkeiten der qualitativen Längsschnittforschung wurden bisher erst ansatzweise dokumentiert und reflektiert. Im vorliegenden Beitrag resümieren wir die bisherige Diskussion und gehen dann anhand einer eigenen qualitativen Längsschnittstudie auf drei forschungspraktische Aspekte ein, die speziell...
