Methoden vergleichen

	Longitudinal Constructivist Grounded Theory	Longitudinal Thematic Analysis
Fachgebiet	Qualitativ	Qualitativ
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Entstehungsjahr	2006 (Charmaz's constructivist GT); longitudinal application from ~2000s onward	2000s–2010s (formalized alongside longitudinal qualitative research methods)
Urheber	Kathy Charmaz (constructivist GT); extended to longitudinal designs by qualitative longitudinal researchers	Built on Braun & Clarke (2006) thematic analysis; longitudinal adaptation developed across qualitative health and social science research communities
Typ	Qualitative research design and analysis approach	Qualitative analysis approach
Wegweisende Quelle	Charmaz, K. (2006). Constructing Grounded Theory: A Practical Guide Through Qualitative Analysis. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761973522	Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(2), 77–101.
Aliasnamen	longitudinal CGT, constructivist GT longitudinal, longitudinal Charmaz grounded theory, temporal constructivist grounded theory	LTA, longitudinal TA, repeated thematic analysis, temporal thematic analysis
Verwandt	5	4
Zusammenfassung	Longitudinal Constructivist Grounded Theory combines Kathy Charmaz's constructivist variant of grounded theory — which foregrounds the co-construction of meaning between researcher and participants — with a multi-wave, time-extended data collection design. Rather than capturing a single snapshot, the researcher returns to the same participants across two or more time points, allowing the emergent theory to track how processes, identities, and social meanings develop, shift, or stabilise over time.	Longitudinal Thematic Analysis (LTA) extends standard thematic analysis to data collected at multiple time points from the same participants or contexts. Rather than producing a single cross-sectional account, LTA maps how themes emerge, persist, transform, or disappear over time, enabling researchers to understand change, continuity, and process in qualitative terms. It is widely used in health, education, and social science research where lived experience unfolds over months or years.