Blocking Conceptualization

Barney G. Glaser, Ph.D., Hon. Ph.D. [ This paper is Chapter 10 of Dr. Glaser’s new book, Getting Out of the Data: Grounded Theory Conceptualization, (Sociology Press, 2011)] My purpose in this chapter is to go into some detail on the various blocks to conceptualization that the reader can and should be wary of so he/she can either avoid them, deal with them adequately to do a GT study, or submit to them humbly for greater gains for the moment. They are authoritative blocks, preconceptions, inability to adequately conceptualize, the initial confusion and regression,...

Forging a Path for Abstinence from Heroin: A grounded theory of detoxi...

Anne McDonnell, BA, HDip. and Marie Claire Van Hout, BSc., MSc., PhD. Abstract Through a classic grounded theory approach, this study conceptualises that the main concern of heroin users who are seeking detoxification is giving up heroin use; ‘getting clean.’ Forging a path for abstinence explains how people respond to their concern of getting clean from heroin. Three sub- processes make up this response which are; resolution (resolving to stop); navigation (deciding how to stop), and initiation (stopping use). These sub-processes are carried out by heroin users within a...

Reading with Methodological Perspective Bias: A journey into Classic G...

Rick Deady Introduction The following is a naïve narrative of my journey into classic grounded theory (CGT) and the consideration of the possible existence of methodological perspective bias when reviewing literature. Whilst research bias has been viewed from a number of differing perspectives, such as sample bias, interviewer bias, publication bias etc (Sica, 2006), there appears a dearth of discussion within the literature on methodological perspective bias, as well as, a reluctance to publicly acknowledge the existence of such bias. For the purpose of this paper the...

A Grounded Theory of Liberated Identity: Lesbians transcending oppress...

Amy Russell, Ph.D., LMSW Abstract The purpose of this study was to generate theory that emerged based on the conceptualized data from interviews with lesbian women through Classic Grounded Theory methodology. Theory generation is grounded in the unique perspectives of lesbian women’s experience in cultural contexts. This is a strengths-based process that focuses on how participants meet challenges in culture, rather than how they are consumed by them. From the data, a basic social process emerged that is both complex and paradoxical: transcending oppression through...

A grounded Theory of Liberated Identity: Lesbians transcending liberat...

Russell, Amy (2011). A grounded Theory of Liberated Identity: Lesbians transcending liberation. The Grounded Theory Review, vol.10, no.1, pp.59-83. The purpose of this study was to generate theory that emerged based on the conceptualized data from interviews with lesbian women through Classic Grounded Theory methodology. Theory generation is grounded in the unique perspectives of lesbian women’s experience in cultural contexts. This is a strengths-based process that focuses on how participants meet challenges in culture, rather than how they are consumed by them. From the...

Reading with Methodological Perspective Bias: A journey into Classic G...

Deady, Rick (2011). Reading with Methodological Perspective Bias: A journey into Classic Grounded Theory. The Grounded Theory Review, vol.10, no.1, pp.41-57. The following is a naïve narrative of my journey into classic grounded theory (CGT) and the consideration of the possible existence of methodological perspective bias when reviewing literature. Whilst research bias has been viewed from a number of differing perspectives, such as sample bias, interviewer bias, publication bias etc (Sica, 2006), there appears a dearth of discussion within the literature on...