Making Identity Talk. On Qualitative Methods in a Longitudinal Study

Authors

  • Wolfgang Kraus Institut für Praxisforschung und Projektberatung, München

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-1.2.1084

Keywords:

identity, qualitative methods, narrative, longitudinal study, social construction, coherence

Abstract

This article reports on the theoretical questions and methodological means in a 10 year research project titled "Identity development, work careers and social networks". Our project, which has proposed the concept of a patchwork-identity, has realized a longitudinal study with qualitative methods. The article discusses the methodological choices and their benefits and costs. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0002154

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Author Biography

Wolfgang Kraus, Institut für Praxisforschung und Projektberatung, München

Wolfgang KRAUS, Ph.D., studied psychology in Regensburg and Berlin, currently research fellow at the University of Munich, Germany, Special Research Unit 536 "Reflexive Modernization" (http://www.sfb536.mwn.de/), Project B 2: "Individualization and Post-traditional Ligatures". Actual areas of interests: Narrative psychology, narrative analysis, social construction of trust, changes in the strategies of social embedding.

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Published

2000-06-30

How to Cite

Kraus, W. (2000). Making Identity Talk. On Qualitative Methods in a Longitudinal Study. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-1.2.1084

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2000): Qualitative Methods in Various Disciplines I: Psychology

Section

German Qualitative Psychology

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Copyright (c) 2000 Wolfgang Kraus

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