Reporting standards for qualitative research in psychology: What are they, and why do we need them?

Abstract

State the problem/question/objectives under investigation. • Indicate the study design, including types of participants or data sources, and analytic strategy, main results/findings, and main implications/significance. • Identify five keywords. • Authors: Consider including at least one keyword that describes the method and one that describes the types of participants or phenomenon under investigation. • Authors: Consider describing your approach to inquiry when it will facilitate the review process and intelligibility of your paper. If your work is not grounded in a specific approach to inquiry or your approach would be too complicated to explain in the allotted word count, however, it would not be advisable to provide explication on this point in the abstract.