Books in the Qualitative Studies in Psychology series

This work explores how a group of African-American, Jamaican, Puerto Rican and Haitian adolescents respond to living in an inner-city community. It focuses on areas of particular concern to the youth, such as violence, educational opportunities, and a decaying and demoralizing environment.

This work sheds light on the influence of sociocultural factors, such as economic distress, child-bearing or child-care difficulties, or feelings of powerlessness which may play a significant role, and points to the importance of context for understanding women's depression.

This title explores the complexities of class transformation as young women approach a radically altered labour market and examines the profound but different regulation to which young women of all social positions are subjected.

Developmental psychologist Way interprets first-person accounts of what it means to be among the nearly 40 percent of poor and/or ethnic minority adolescents in the 1990s, drawing upon 71 interviews (protocols appended) with a sample of the 95-plus percent who do not meet the media stereotypes of d

Showcases how - and on what terms - the women come to re-author identity, community, and meaning post-injury.

Presents a compelling study of how ordinary people commit extraordinary acts of violence and how perpetrators and victims manage in the aftermath. Grounded in extensive, qualitative analysis of perpetrator testimony, this book reveals the individual experiences of perpetrators and general patterns of influence that lead to collective violence.

This book engages the perspectives of people with autism, including those who have been considered as the most severely disabled within the autism spectrum. The volume allows a look into the rich and insightful perspectives of people who have heretofore been thought of as uninterested in the world.

When, in 1992, the citizens of Colorado ratified an amendment stripping the gay community of protection from discrimination, the vote divided the state. This book seeks to examine the psychological impact of anti-gay legislation on the gay community.

Focuses on the cultural lenses through which young women interpret their sexual encounters and their experiences of male aggression in heterosexual relationships. This book explores how young women make sense of, resist, and negotiate conflicting cultural messages about sexual agency, responsibility, aggression, and desire.

There is an ethical requirement that psychotherapists inform clients about their treatment methods, alternative-treatment options, and alternative conceptions of the clients' problems. This is a detailed study of ways in which therapists and clients negotiate consent.

A detailed history of behaviourism in American psychology. The author sets out to balance the investigation of individual theorists and their contributions with analysis of the structures of assumption which underlie behavourist psychology.

Focusing on the voices of young women, this book explores the relationship between Chicana feminism and the actual experiences of Chicanas today.

Examines the ways in which school spaces are culturally produced, offering insight into how urban students engage their schooling

Drawing on research in psychology, sociology, education, and race and gender studies, this volume highlights the inadequacies in current identity development theories, expanding our understanding of the lives of urban teens and the ways in which interpersonal connections serve as powerful contexts for self-construction.

"Qualitative Data" is meant for the novice researcher who needs guidance on what specifically to do when faced with a sea of information. It takes readers through the qualitative research process, beginning with an examination of the basic philosophy of qualitative research.

The Indian American community is one of the fastest growing immigrant communities in the US. Its members are marked by a high degree of training as medical doctors, engineers, scientists, and university professors. This title explores how these highly skilled professionals have been inserted into the racial dynamics of American society.

Provides a much-needed analysis for those seeking to understand how Muslim youth and other groups of immigrant youth negotiate their identities as Americans

"Situating Sadness" draws on research in the US and around the world to look at depression through the eyes of women, exploring what being depressed is like in diverse social and cultural circumstances.

A unique examination of the emergence of fatherhood among gay adoptive parents

"Living Outside Mental Illness" demonstrates the importance of listening to what people diagnosed with schizophrenia themselves have to say about their struggle, and shows the dramatic effect this approach can have on clinical practice and social policy.

Offers a close look at the inductive nature of qualitative research, the use of researcher reflexivity, and the systematic and iterative steps involved in data collection, analysis, and interpretation