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Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ): a 32-item checklist for interviews and focus groups. (2007, positive): “Subsequently this improves the credibility of the ﬁndings by giving readers the ability to assess how these factors might have inﬂuenced the researchers’ observations and interpretations [13–15].”
A systematic review of the intrapersonal correlates of motivational climate perceptions in sport and physical activity (2015, background): “As well as setting out what we know 9 about a particular topic, systematic reviews can also demonstrate where knowledge is lacking 10 (Giacomini & Cook, 2000; Dixon-Woods et al., 2006), which can then be used to inform future 11 research (Pawson, Greenhalgh, Harvey & Walsh, 2004).”