Notes on Contributors vii // First Edition Endorsements X // Preface to the Second Edition xii // 1 Introduction - Jonathan A. Smith 1 // 2 Conceptual foundations of qualitative psychology - Peter Ashworth 4 // 3 Phenomenology - Amedeo and Barbro Giorgi 26 // 4 Interpretative phenomenological analysis - Jonathan A. Smith and Mike Osborn 53 // 5 Grounded theory - Kathy Charmaz 81 // 6 Narrative psychology - Michael Murray 111 // 7 Conversation analysis - Paul Drew 133 // 8 Discourse analysis - Carla Willig 160 // 9 Focus groups - Sue Wilkinson 186 // 10 Co-operative inquiry: an action research practice 207 - Peter Reason and Sarah Riley // 11 Demonstrating validity in qualitative psychology 235 - Lucy Yardley // References 252 // Index 269