Journeying into postqualitative inquiry: an exploration of the opportunities and tensions for graduate students in sport and exercise psychology.
Postqualitative inquiry (PQI) has emerged in recent years as a potential-filled approach to inquiry for researchers seeking to move beyond humanist paradigms such as postpositivism and interpretivism. PQI offers researchers exciting opportunities to shift from method-focused scholarship to theory-fo...
| Published in: | International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 1017 - 1031 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Nov2025
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