Qualitative Research in Psychology aims to become the primary forum for qualitative researchers in all areas of psychology- cognitive, social, developmental, educational, clinical, health, and forensic-as well as for those conducting psychologically relevant qualitative research in other disciplines. Qualitative Research in Psychology is dedicated to exploring and expanding the territory of qualitative psychological research, strengthening its identity within the international research community and defining its place within the undergraduate and graduate curriculum. The journal will be broad in scope, presenting the full range of qualitative approaches to psychological research. The journal aims to firmly establish qualitative inquiry as an integral part of the discipline of psychology; to stimulate discussion of the relative merits of different qualitative methods in psychology; to provide a showcase for exemplary and innovative qualitative research projects in psychology; to establish appropriately high standards for the conduct and reporting of qualitative research; to establish a bridge between psychology and the other social and human sciences where qualitative inquiry has a proven track record; and to place qualitative psychological inquiry appropriately within the scientific, paradigmatic and philosophical issues that it raises.