Evolating: A Classic Grounded Theory of Personal Transformation

Judith Wright, Wright Graduate University for the Realization of Human Potential, USA Robert Wright, Wright Graduate University for the Realization of Human Potential, USA Gordon Medlock, Wright Graduate University for the Realization of Human Potential, USA Abstract The phases of learning and transformation emerged from this classic grounded theory study of historic transformers and exceptional students revealing the theory of evolating: a multiphase process through which individuals consciously engage in their own transformation and attain otherwise improbable levels of...

Theory of Securing

Alan Kim-Lok Oh, MCounsPsy, KB, PA, Universiti Malaysia Sabah Abstract This article outlines the theory of securing. It explains the feelings of insecurity of ordinary people and how they secure themselves. Securing is a basic social psychological process of “becoming” where the person’s selfhood is formed by how they continuously deal with their feelings of insecurity. This process has two interrelated stages: (1) instantaneous relieving and (2) honesting. When they engage instantaneous relieving and increasingly trapped in a vicious cycle, they become a lesser version...

Criteria for Assessing a Classic Grounded Theory Study: A Brief Method...

Kara L. Vander Linden, Saybrook University, USA Patrick A. Palmieri, South American Center for Qualitative Research, Perú Abstract Introduction: Reporting criteria for research studies are essential to assess the methods and to evaluate the usefulness of the findings. The purpose of this review was to identify the essential criteria to report a classic grounded theory (classic GT) study. Method: A methodological review of the reporting criteria for a classic GT study. Results: Grounded theory studies generally report theoretical sampling, theoretical saturation, memoing,...

About the Authors

Kari Allen-Hammer, Ph.D. serves as the Advocacy Director for LiveLifeResources, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in the United States. Additionally, she provides wellness and performance coaching in private practice, in West Sacramento, California and through tele-health services. Emily Cashwell is the Director of Education and Research at the Institute for Research and Theory Methodologies (RTM), an organization that trains, mentors, and supports students, faculty, and researchers worldwide in qualitative, multi-method, mixed method, and grounded theory research. She...