József Rácz

3. Medical and Health sciences
- 3.2 Clinical medicine
  - Psychiatry
- 3.3 Health sciences
  - Substance abuse
5. Social sciences
- 5.1 Psychology
  - Psychology, special (including therapy for learning, speech, hearing, visual and other physical and mental disabilities)

Main research areas

qualitative psychological methods, addictions

I conduct qualitative psychological research in clinical, health psychology and addiction. I use research methods such as thematic analysis, grounded theory, interpretative phenomenological analysis and narrative analysis. I focus on addictive problems, especially with new psychoactive substance users.

Keywords

qualitative theory, qualitative research methodology, addictive behaviours

Highlighted publications

2024 – Amarsanaa, Khongorzul ✉; Kovács, Mónika; Rácz, József – “I established a life; I can re-establish it again”: Lived experiences of intimate partner violence in Mongolia – mtmt.hu
2025 – Koltai, Borbála Gabriella; Pados, Eszter; Rácz, József ✉ – Unveiling missing voices – Lifelong Experiences of fathers parenting autistic sons: An interpretative phenomenological analysis – mtmt.hu
2025 – Lakatos, Lili; Koltai, Borbala Gabriella; Ferencz, Veronika; Demetrovics, Zsolt; Racz, Jozsef ✉ – Does nose spray addiction exist? A qualitative analysis of addiction components in rhinitis medicamentosa – mtmt.hu
2025 – Sik, Domonkos ✉ et al. – Structural Deprivation, Rural Segregation, and Substance Use—A Hungarian Case Study – mtmt.hu
2025 – Pados, Eszter et al. – Empowering Voices: Revealing Adolescent Motherhood Through Digital Storytelling in Hungary – mtmt.hu