Estudos e Pesquisas em Psicologia
On-line version ISSN 1808-4281
Abstract
JUSTO, Joana Sanches and VASCONCELOS, Mário Sérgio. Thinking in a photograph qualitative research in psychology. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2009, vol.9, n.3. ISSN 1808-4281.
Whereas the picture is increasingly present in the communication and daily life, we believe in also exploring its potential as a tool for research. Accordingly, we did a survey of studies in which the research methodology it is intermediate by photograph and analyze the scope and limitations of its use. The examination of the few studies that use the photography demonstrates that this resource is still little explored by psychology as means of access to the subjectivity. We conclude that explore the use of this feature can be useful and a significant contribution to scientific research in the field of psychology.
Keywords : Photograph; Qualitative research; Psychology.