SAMPLE TITLE OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

A Qualitative Study of Patients’ Attitude toward HIV Testing in the Dental Setting
Analysing men’s written friendship narratives
Athletes and Body: Interviews with Gay Sportsmen
A ‘balikbayan’ in the field: scaling and (re)producing insider’s identity in a Philippine fishing
community
A Case of Using Online Discussion Forums in Critical Psychological Research
Working Relationship: Communicative Pattern and Strategies among Couples in Everyday Life
Companion Animals for Elderly Women: The Importance of Attachment
“Friend Moments”: A Discursive Study of Friendship
Ethnography online: ‘native’ practicing and inscribing community
Framework analysis: a worked example of a study exploring young people’s experiences of
depression
The experience of receiving scholarship aid and its effect on future giving: a listening guide
analysis
Chinese American Middle School Youths’ Experiences of Discrimination and Stereotyping
The Understanding and experiences of children affected by parental mental health problems: a
qualitative study
Being Rejected and Expelled from the Workplace: Experiences of Bullying in the Public Service
Sector
Exploring the meaning of loneliness among socially isolated adults in rural Ireland: a qualitative
study
Families Coping with Natural Disasters: Lessons from Wildfires and Tornados
Gaining Access to the Experiences of Orphaned Children
Achieving influence: a grounded theory of how clinical supervisors evaluate trainees
What’s so funny? Humor in women’s accounts of their involvement in social action
Image Analysis: An Interactive Approach to Compositional Elements
Moving away from facades: in-depth interviews with subjectively healthy women diagnosed
with distress
Tales from the Shy: Interviews with Self- and Peer-Rated, Shy and Non-Shy Individuals
Concerning their Thoughts, Emotions, and Behaviors in Social Situations
The Lived Experience of Homeless Youth: A Narrative Approach
Living in the Vicinity of Wind Turbines – A Grounded Theory Study
The Meaning of the Blues: musical identities in talk about jazz
Meanings of Compulsive Hoarding: An Archival Project-ive Life-World Approach
Representation of “Mental Illness” in Serbian Newspaper: A Critical Discourse Analysis
A Narrative Study of the Lives of Women Who Experience Anorexia Nervosa
Gaining Control: A New Perspective on the Parenting Children with AD/HD
What Are They Like? Non-Expert Definitions of Stereotypes and Their Implications for
Stereotype Maintenance
Avatar watching: participant observation in graphical online environments
Perceptions of giftedness among gifted females in emerging adulthood
Intimate reflection: private diaries in qualitative research
Dressing the Body: The Role of Clothing in Sustaining Body Pride and Managing Body Distress
The Social Construction of Contested Illness Legitimacy: A Grounded Theory Analysis
The Reasons to Go On Living Project: stories of recovery after a suicide attempt
From the ‘reel’ world to the ‘real’ world: subjective experience of violent fictional entertainment
Tall College Women’s Social Dynamics Relating to Height
Understanding breast cancer patient’s journey from diagnosis through survivorship
Reflection on using life history to investigate women teacher’s aspirations and career decisions
Making sense of violence: a study of narrative meaning
“Getting on with it”: Women’s Experiences of Coping with Urinary Tract Problems

HOW TO FRAME YOUR RESEARCH TITLE

There is no exact formula to follow in framing a title in qualitative research. This is a simple
attempt in exploring how title is constructed based on the published researches in qualitative
research. I hope this might help you in formulating your title.

TITLE 1: Topic + Setting

Examples:
A. Patients’ Attitude toward HIV Testing in the Dental Setting
B. Exploring the meaning of loneliness among socially isolated adults in rural Ireland
 C. Perceptions of giftedness among gifted females in emerging adulthood
D. Tall College Women’s Social Dynamics Relating to Height
E. Understanding breast cancer patient’s journey from diagnosis through survivorship
F. Gaining Access to the Experiences of Orphaned Children
G. What’s so funny? Humor in women’s accounts of their involvement in social action

TYPE 2: Topic Phrase: + Topic + Setting

Examples:
A. Gaining Control: A New Perspective on the Parenting Children with AD/HD
B. “Getting on with it”: Women’s Experiences of Coping with Urinary Tract Problems
C. Avatar watching: participant observation in graphical online environments
D. A ‘balikbayan’ in the field: scaling and (re)producing insider’s identity in a Philippine fishing
community
E. Dressing the Body: The Role of Clothing in Sustaining Body Pride and Managing Body
Distress
F. Being Rejected and Expelled from the Workplace: Experiences of Bullying in the Public
Service
Sector
G. From the ‘reel’ world to the ‘real’ world: subjective experience of violent fictional
entertainment
H. The Meaning of the Blues: musical identities in talk about jazz

TYPE 3: Form of Research + Topic (Phrase)

Example:
A. Making sense of violence: a study of narrative meaning
B. Intimate reflection: private diaries in qualitative research
C. Meanings of Compulsive Hoarding: An Archival Project-ive Life-World Approach
D. Exploring the meaning of loneliness among socially isolated adults in rural Ireland: a
qualitative study
E. Tales from the Shy: Interviews with Self- and Peer-Rated, Shy and Non-Shy Individuals
Concerning their Thoughts, Emotions, and Behaviors in Social Situations

TYPE 4: Form of Research: + topic + setting

Examples:
A. Image Analysis: An Interactive Approach to Compositional Elements
B. Ethnography online: ‘native’ practicing and inscribing community
C. Representation of “Mental Illness” in Serbian Newspaper: A Critical Discourse Analysis
D. A Narrative Study of the Lives of Women Who Experience Anorexia Nervosa