Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Ανάλυση Αφηγήματος	Φαινομενολογία	Θεματική Ανάλυση
Πεδίο	Ποιοτικές Μέθοδοι	Ποιοτικές Μέθοδοι	Ποιοτική Έρευνα
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1967 (foundational); 2008 (canonical handbook)	Early 20th century (Husserl ~1900–1913; Heidegger ~1927)	2006
Δημιουργός	Catherine Kohler Riessman (seminal synthesis, 2008); roots in Labov & Waletzky (1967)	Edmund Husserl (transcendental); Martin Heidegger (hermeneutic)	Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke
Τύπος	Qualitative interpretive method	Qualitative research approach	Method
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Riessman, C.K. (2008). Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences. Sage.	Moustakas, C. (1994). Phenomenological Research Methods. Sage. ISBN: 978-0803957466	Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(2), 77–101.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	narrative inquiry, life history analysis, biographical research, Anlatı Analizi (Narrative Analysis)	Fenomenoloji, phenomenological inquiry, phenomenological analysis	TA, Reflexive Thematic Analysis
Συναφείς	6	6	3
Σύνοψη	Narrative analysis is a qualitative research method, synthesised canonically by Catherine Kohler Riessman (2008), that examines how individuals storise their lived experiences and construct meaning through the telling. Drawing on life history, biographical, and narrative inquiry traditions, it treats the story itself — not just its content — as the unit of analysis, attending to temporal sequence, plot structure, and the social context in which a narrative is produced.	Phenomenology is a qualitative research approach that investigates how participants live through and make sense of a specific experience. Rooted in the philosophy of Edmund Husserl and extended by Martin Heidegger, it aims to reveal the essential structures of lived experience rather than to measure or predict outcomes. The two most widely applied variants are Husserl's transcendental phenomenology, which seeks universal essences, and Heidegger's hermeneutic phenomenology, which emphasises interpretation within context.	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.