Editing Grounded theory (section)

==Use in various disciplines==
Grounded theory has been "shaped by the desire to discover social and psychological processes."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gibbs|title=Core Emlements Part 2. Grounded Theory|website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbntk_xeLHA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/dbntk_xeLHA |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Grounded theory, however, is not restricted to these two areas study. As Gibbs points out, the process of grounded theory can be and has been applied to a number of different disciplines, including medicine, law, and economics. The reach of grounded theory has extended to nursing, business, and education.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

Grounded theory focuses more on procedures than on the discipline to which grounded theory is applied. Rather than being limited to a particular discipline or form of data collection, grounded theory has been found useful across multiple research areas.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Pettigrew|first1=Simone F.|title=Ethnography and Grounded Theory: A Happy Marriage?|url=http://www.acrwebsite.org/search/view-conference-proceedings.aspx?Id=8400|journal=Acr North American Advances|date=2000 |volume=NA-27 |author-link1=Thomas F. Pettigrew (sociologist)}}</ref> Here are some examples: 
# In psychology, grounded theory is used to understand the role of therapeutic distance for adult clients with attachment anxiety.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
# In sociology, grounded theory is used to discover the meaning of spirituality in cancer patients, and how their beliefs influence their attitude towards cancer treatments.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
# Public health researchers have used grounded theory to examine nursing home preparedness needs in relation to [[Hurricane Katrina]] refugees sheltered in nursing homes.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} 
# In business, grounded theory is used by managers to explain the ways in which organizational characteristics explain co-worker support.
# In [[software engineering]], grounded theory has been used to study daily [[stand-up meeting]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Stray |first1=Viktoria |last2=Sjøberg |first2=Dag |last3=Dybå |first3=Tore |date=2016-01-11 |title=The daily stand-up meeting: A grounded theory study |journal=Journal of Systems and Software |volume=114 |pages=101–124 |doi=10.1016/j.jss.2016.01.004 |hdl=11250/2478996 |s2cid=206539494 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
# Grounded theory has also helped researchers in the field of information technology to study the use of computer technology in older adults.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210124027/http://researchcenter.waldenu.edu/Documents/Grounded_Full_Captions.pdf|url=http://researchcenter.waldenu.edu/Documents/Grounded_Full_Captions.pdf|title=Grounded Theory Research|archive-date=10 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=White |first1=Jo |last2=Weatherall  |first2=Ann |date=2000 |title=A grounded theory analysis of older adults and information technology |journal=Educational Gerontology |volume=26 |issue=4 |pages=371–386 |doi=10.1080/036012700407857|s2cid=145187791 }}</ref>
# In [[nursing]], grounded theory has been used to examine how [[change-of-shift report]]s can be used to keep patients safe.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Groves|first1=Patricia S.|last2=Manges|first2=Kirstin A.|last3=Scott-Cawiezell|first3=Jill|date=2016-02-08|title=Handing Off Safety at the Bedside|journal=Clinical Nursing Research|volume=25|issue=5|language=en|pages=473–493|doi=10.1177/1054773816630535|issn=1054-7738|pmid=26858262|s2cid=11356718 }}</ref> It was further developed in relation to students learning and working by [[Kath M. Melia]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Melia |first=Kath M. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16473186 |title=Learning and working : the occupational socialization of nurses |date=1987 |publisher=Tavistock |isbn=0-422-60130-6 |location=London |oclc=16473186}}</ref>