השוואת שיטות

	מחקר היסטוריית חיים אורכי	מחקר תולדות חיים
תחום	איכותני	איכותני
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	1918 (origins); longitudinal application developed from 1980s onward	Early 20th century (Thomas & Znaniecki 1918–1920); systematised as interview method in the 1990s
הוגה השיטה	Thomas & Znaniecki (Polish Peasant, 1918–1920); elaborated by Ken Plummer, Daniel Bertaux	William I. Thomas and Florian Znaniecki (sociological tradition); Robert Atkinson (interview method)
סוג	Qualitative longitudinal research design	Qualitative research method
מקור מכונן	Plummer, K. (2001). Documents of Life 2: An Invitation to a Critical Humanism. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761952244	Atkinson, R. (1998). The Life Story Interview. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761904496
כינויים	longitudinal biographical research, life history longitudinal design, repeated life history study, longitudinal oral biography	life history method, life-history interview, biographical research, personal narrative research
קשורות	6	6
תקציר	Longitudinal life history research follows the same participants across multiple points in time, collecting repeated in-depth accounts of how their life stories evolve, how they narrate past events differently over time, and how biography intersects with social change. It combines the interpretive depth of life history methodology with the temporal sensitivity of longitudinal design, capturing both the content of lived experience and its unfolding across the life course.	Life history research is a qualitative method that captures the full arc of an individual's life — or a significant portion of it — through extended biographical interviewing and analysis of personal documents. Rooted in early Chicago School sociology, the method treats each life story as a window into broader social, cultural, and historical forces. The researcher and participant co-construct a narrative account that illuminates how personal experience is shaped by, and in turn shapes, wider social structures and processes.