Methoden vergleichen

	Feldbezogene qualitative Inhaltsanalyse	Thematische Analyse
Fachgebiet	Qualitativ	Qualitative Forschung
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Entstehungsjahr	1980s–2000s	2006
Urheber	Philipp Mayring (qualitative content analysis); applied to field settings via ethnographic and naturalistic inquiry traditions	Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke
Typ	Qualitative analysis method	Method
Wegweisende Quelle	Mayring, P. (2000). Qualitative content analysis. Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 1(2), Art. 20.	Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(2), 77–101.
Aliasnamen	field QCA, naturalistic qualitative content analysis, fieldwork-grounded content analysis, field-integrated QCA	TA, Reflexive Thematic Analysis
Verwandt	3	3
Zusammenfassung	Field-based qualitative content analysis (field QCA) combines systematic, category-driven content analysis with data collected directly in naturalistic settings. Rather than working with pre-existing texts or archived material, the researcher gathers documents, field notes, artifacts, and informal textual records during fieldwork and subjects them to rigorous qualitative content analysis. The approach preserves the contextual depth of field inquiry while applying the structured, transparent analytic logic that distinguishes qualitative content analysis from purely impressionistic reading.	Thematic Analysis (TA) is a qualitative research methodology for identifying, analyzing, and reporting patterns (themes) in qualitative data. Developed systematically by Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke (2006), TA is flexible and accessible, applicable across diverse theoretical frameworks and data types, making it one of the most widely used qualitative methods in psychology, health research, and social sciences.