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Title:: The Opposition and Integration of Qualitative and QuantitativeApproaches to Psychological Research

Keywords:: qualitative research; quantitative research; opposition; integration; mixed methods research

Abstract:: Psychology has been a highly quantitative field since its conception as a science. Quantitativeresearch has brought rapid development and fruitful results to psychology. However, in the last decades,the qualitative approach in psychology was on the rise, and the discussion about quantitative and qualitativeresearch has been increasingly aroused. The Mixed Methods Research seeks to transcend the conflict betweenquantitative and qualitative approaches, overcome the limitations of using one research method alone, integratethe two approaches, and provide more research ideas for the study of complex psychological phenomena.