Methoden vergleichen

	Vergleichende Reflexive Thematische Analyse	Reflexive Thematic Analysis
Fachgebiet	Qualitativ	Qualitativ
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Entstehungsjahr	2006 (reflexive TA); comparative application formalised ~2019–2021	2006 (seminal paper); explicitly named 'reflexive' from ~2019
Urheber	Virginia Braun & Victoria Clarke	Virginia Braun & Victoria Clarke
Typ	Qualitative analytic approach	Qualitative research method
Wegweisende Quelle	Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2021). Thematic Analysis: A Practical Guide. Sage. ISBN: 978-1473953406	Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(2), 77–101.
Aliasnamen	Comparative RTA, cross-group thematic analysis, comparative TA, comparative qualitative thematic comparison	RTA, reflexive TA, Braun and Clarke thematic analysis, qualitative thematic analysis
Verwandt	4	6
Zusammenfassung	Comparative Reflexive Thematic Analysis (CRTA) applies Braun and Clarke's reflexive thematic analysis framework to data drawn from two or more distinct groups, time points, or contexts, with the explicit goal of contrasting thematic patterns across those groups. The reflexive element means the analyst continuously interrogates how their own perspectives and positioning shape the themes they construct, while the comparative element directs attention to differences and similarities between data sets rather than seeking a single unified account.	Reflexive Thematic Analysis (RTA) is a widely used qualitative method for identifying, analysing, and interpreting patterns of shared meaning — called themes — across a dataset. Developed by Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke, it is theoretically flexible, works across epistemological positions, and foregrounds the researcher's active, interpretive role rather than treating themes as features that simply emerge from data. It differs from older 'codebook' approaches by treating the analyst's subjectivity as a resource rather than a source of bias to be suppressed.