Hi everyone! I have planned to use Reflexive Thematic Analysis by Braun & Clark for data analysis in my qualitative research. This method involves reflexive practice and is different from Thematic Analysis which brings about only descriptive accounts. Can someone please direct me to useful resources or any online course which I can take to develop in-depth understanding of Reflexive Thematic Analysis method.
Braun and Clarke have their own resource page, which you may find useful. https://www.psych.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/thematic-analysis.html
There are plenty of definitions on the web, but in a nutshell, its all about analyzing the data inductively and make inferences rather than just describing the responses. Its part and parcel of thematic analysis but takes it a step further in terms of inducing. Its a good technique when it comes to model or framework building etc.
I personally do not find anything particularly "reflexive" about the newly relabelled Reflexive Thematic Analysis. The main thing that Braun and Clarke have done is to exclude more quantitatively oriented version of thematic analysis that involved the counting of codes.
Byrne, D. A worked example of Braun and Clarke’s approach to reflexive thematic analysis. Qual Quant (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-021-01182-y
Conducting Reflexive Thematic Analysis using NVivo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPeMxd0bySU&t=57s
What is reflection?
https://wp-portail.med.umontreal.ca/cpass/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/12/Nguyen2014_TCS.pdf
I found this useful, hope you too. All the best.
Hello! I used RTA for my dissertation, and it was SO much more robust than using traditional coding scheme technique. I highly recommend, and will continue using this appoach.
I found these videos especially helpful:
1. What is thematic analysis? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4voVhTiVydc&ab_channel=VictoriaClarke (What is TA, When is it useful, and What does best practice look like)
2. Thematic analysis - an introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zFcC10vOVY&ab_channel=VictoriaClarke (What is TA, Unique feature of RTA: flexibility, 6 phases of RTA approach)
(For more check out Victoria Clarke's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLBw6Qig8KBId9YuIMzAg7w)
The two most helpful resources for me when getting started were:
[1-article] -- Braun V., & Clarke V. (2020). Can I use TA? Should I use TA? Should I not use TA? Comparing reflexive thematic analysis and other pattern-based qualitative analytic approaches. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 21, 37-47. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12360
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[2-chapter] -- Braun, V., Clarke, V., Hayfield, N., & Terry, G. (2019). Thematic analysis. In P. Liamputtong (Ed.), Handbook of research methods in health social sciences. Springer.
They JUST published a new book (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/thematic-analysis/book248481) -- On this page there's a link to TONS of free resources, including chapters out of this book.
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