질적 종단 연구 실행 과정 분석을 통한 방법론적 특징과 실천 전략 탐색

Abstract

This study was conducted to explore the methodological characteristics and practical strategies that emerged during the implementation of qualitative longitudinal research in Korea and, based on this, to discuss the meaning of qualitative longitudinal research from a methodological perspective. We conducted interviews by recruiting 9 researchers(Research participants) who conducted qualitative longitudinal studies in Korea. As a result of the study, methodological characteristics and practical strategies were derived for each implementation process of the qualitative longitudinal study (research planning, composition of the research team, sampling of research participants, data collection, data analysis, and research results). Based on the research results, first, most qualitative longitudinal studies in Korea were planned as substitutes or supplements to quantitative longitudinal studies; second, flexibility and contextual reconstruction are achieved in the research process; and third, it is a systematic and high-stakes research method. The need to form a research team was discussed, and fourthly, the researcher’s experience was utilized during the data analysis process. In addition, by discussing methodological identity, qualitative longitudinal research is defined as “a study in which researchers accompany research participants for a long period of research, meet repeatedly, and cyclically perform the process of collecting, analyzing, and accumulating qualitative data, and aims to understand the change in the subject and the context of the change”.