方法对比

	Comparative Life History Research	生命历程研究
领域	质性	质性
方法族	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
起源年份	1920s (life history origins); comparative variant prominent from 1980s–1990s	Early 20th century (Thomas & Znaniecki 1918–1920); systematised as interview method in the 1990s
提出者	Ivor Goodson; influenced by C. Wright Mills and W. I. Thomas & Florian Znaniecki	William I. Thomas and Florian Znaniecki (sociological tradition); Robert Atkinson (interview method)
类型	Qualitative comparative research design	Qualitative research method
开创性文献	Goodson, I. F. (Ed.). (1992). Studying Teachers' Lives. Routledge. ISBN: 978-0415064248	Atkinson, R. (1998). The Life Story Interview. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761904496
别名	comparative life history, cross-case life history, comparative biographical method, comparative biographical life history	life history method, life-history interview, biographical research, personal narrative research
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摘要	Comparative life history research is a qualitative approach that collects extended first-person accounts of individuals' lives across two or more cases, groups, or social contexts, then systematically compares these accounts to identify shared patterns, divergences, and the social forces that shape biographical trajectories. It bridges the depth of life history with the analytical leverage of cross-case comparison, making it especially powerful for understanding how social structure, culture, or institutional context shapes individual experience over time.	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.