摘要：The paper presents a review of literature concerning the use of focus groups in research in psychology.Particulary,some specific problems with the implementation of focus groups as a researchmethod are emphasised,and some characteristics of analysis of focus group data are discussed.The main objectives are to define focus groups as a method of data collection,to draw attention to someparticularities of its use in psychological research and to encourage researchers to use focus groups as thoughtfully and meaningfully as possible.
其他摘要：V prispevku je predstavljen pregled literature v zvezi z uporabo fokus skupin v psihološkem raziskovanju.Posebej so poudarjeni nekateri specifični problemi,ki se pojavljajo pri izvedbi fokus skupin,in nekatere značilnosti analize podatkov,dobljenih s to metodo.Glavni namen prispevka je opredeliti metodo fokus skupin,opozoriti na nekatere posebnosti pri uporabi v psihološkem raziskovanju in spodbuditi raziskovalce k premišljeni in smiselni uporabi fokus skupin pri raziskovanju na različnih področjih psihologije.
