Showing papers in "Qualitative Research in Psychology in 2019"
TL;DR: In 2006, psychologists Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke published a paper entitled Using thematic analysis in psychology in Qualitative Research in Psychology as mentioned in this paper, which sought to provide guidance for guiding guidance.
Abstract: In 2006, psychologists Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke published a paper entitled Using thematic analysis in psychology in Qualitative Research in Psychology. The paper sought to provide guidanc...
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TL;DR: This paper explored the challenges and opportunities involved with developing rigorous and epistemologically coherent research designs for capturing more complex and systemic experiential phenomena, through the use of multiple perspectives to explore the same phenomenon.
Abstract: Researchers using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) within applied research typically use homogenous samples exploring shared perspectives on a single phenomenon of interest. This article explores the challenges and opportunities involved with developing rigorous and epistemologically coherent research designs for capturing more complex and systemic experiential phenomena, through the use of multiple perspectives to explore the same phenomenon. We outline a series of multiple perspective designs and analytic procedures that can be adapted and used across many diverse settings and populations. Whilst building upon existing approaches within qualitative methods and IPA, these designs and procedures are intended to scaffold clear routes to practical application, psychological intervention, the design of behaviour change interventions, and other recommendations for policy and practice. We discuss a variety of conceptual antecedents which situate these designs within phenomenology, pluralistic idiography, qualitative psychology, and wider debates within psychology and other social and behavioural sciences.
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TL;DR: In this article, a theoretical account of interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) position in relation to meaning-making by participant and researcher is given, drawing on a drawing from a...
Abstract: In this article I offer a theoretical account of interpretative phenomenological analysis’s (IPA’s) position in relation to meaning-making by participant and researcher. In doing this, I draw on a ...
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TL;DR: Parker's Handbook of Critical Psychology as mentioned in this paper is a good complement to our own Handbook of critical psychology (Parker, 2015) and is also a good introduction to our Handbook.
Abstract: In his Introduction, Ian Parker calls this handbook “path-breaking,” and it certainly is, in so many ways; it is a brilliant complement to his own Handbook of Critical Psychology (Parker, 2015). In...
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TL;DR: A relatively unknown method for qualitative data collection, story completion has a l story completion method as discussed by the authors, which is used for story completion in the context of qualitative data gathering, is called story completion.
Abstract: What is story completion? How come I’ve never heard of it? Can it be useful for me as a qualitative researcher? A relatively unknown method for qualitative data collection, story completion has a l
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TL;DR: In this article, a multimodal method, the Relational Mapping Interview, was developed to understand the relational context of various forms of distress and disruption, which resulted in richly nuanced visual and verbal accounts of relational experience Drawing on anexpanded hermeneutic phenomenology, they suggest how visual data can be analysed within an IPA framework to offer significant experiential insights.
Abstract: Some aspects of experience can be challenging for research participants to verbalise IPA researchers need to get ‘experience-near’ to meet their phenomenological commitments, capturing the ‘texture’ and quality of existence and placing participants in-relation-to events, objects, others, and the world Incorporating drawing into IPA designs provides a vehicle through which participants can better explore and communicate their lifeworlds IPA researchers also require rich accounts to fulfil their interpretative commitments Drawing taps into multiple sensory registers simultaneously, providing polysemous data, which lends itself to hermeneutic analysis This paper outlines a multimodal method, the Relational Mapping Interview, which was developed to understand the relational context of various forms of distress and disruption We illustrate how the approach results in richly nuanced visual and verbal accounts of relational experience Drawing on an “expanded hermeneutic phenomenology”, we suggest how visual data can be analysed within an IPA framework to offer significant experiential insights
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a transcript of the discussion, edited by the Special Issue editors, principally Hannah Frith, which we have all read and commented on, and identify a series of "knotty issues" about story completion which they explored: 1) what can stories tell us?; 2) research practicalities, comparative design, and sample size; 3) what happens when story completion doesn't go to plan; 4) getting published.
Abstract: Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Hannah Frith, Nikki Hayfield, Helen Malson, Naomi Moller, and Iduna Shah-Beckley came together at the University of the West of England (UWE) in July 2017 to discuss and share their enthusiasm for the story completion method. Virginia nominally “led” the discussion to keep us on track. This is a transcript of the discussion, edited by the Special Issue editors, principally Hannah Frith, which we have all read and commented on. The discussion begins with the contributors introducing themselves and their experience of the story completion method. It then identifies a series of “knotty issues” about story completion which we explored: 1) what can stories tell us?; 2) research practicalities, comparative design, and sample size; 3) what happens when story completion doesn’t go to plan?; and 4) getting published. The conversation ends by considering “future possibilities for story completion research.” Our aim was not to reach consensus of definitive “answers” but to debate and gain perspective on an open issue. Hence, we reach no “conclusion” for any of these issues.
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TL;DR: This paper conducted a qualitative study aiming to uncover barriers to help-seeking for general practitioners in the UK who are vulnerable to poor mental health, and found that GPs in the United Kingdom are more likely to suffer from depression than others.
Abstract: General practitioners (GPs) in the United Kingdom are vulnerable to poor mental health. We conducted a qualitative study aiming to uncover barriers to help-seeking for this group. Forty-seven GPs w...
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TL;DR: This paper explored the gendered body hair removal norm and the meanings of male body hair by examining young people's sense-making around male hair removal, and found that hair removal did not always end "happily ever after" for David.
Abstract: © 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This study explores the gendered body hair removal norm and the meanings of male body hair by examining young people’s sense-making around male body hair removal. The novel technique of story completion was used to collect data from 102 psychology undergraduates. They were presented with a story “stem” featuring a young man (David) deciding to start body hair removal and asked to complete the stem. David was most often portrayed as a young heterosexual man who was excessively hairy, in the “wrong” places, was often subject to teasing and bullying, and was concerned about his diminished sexual capital. Hair removal did not always end “happily ever after” for David. While in some stories he “got the girl,” he was punished for his vanity and foolishness in others. These different endings arguably reflect currently ambivalent meanings around male body hair depilation. The production of a hairless, or less hairy, male body is both desirable and a potential threat to masculinity. The data spoke strongly to the power of social norms surrounding body hair practices and suggest that story completion provides a useful tool in interrogating the discourses that sustain these norms.
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TL;DR: In this article, a growing body of literature supporting Skype as an effective method for conducting interviews by describing its use in research on a sensitive topic in psychology is presented, and the use of Skype is discussed.
Abstract: This research note adds to a growing body of literature supporting Skype as an effective method for conducting interviews by describing its use in research on a sensitive topic in psychology. Consi...
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TL;DR: In this article, a story completion task combined with an innovative visual methodology was used to develop knowledge about understandings of sexuality and appearance by using a story-completion task and a visual methodology.
Abstract: This study sought to develop knowledge about understandings of sexuality and appearance by using a story completion task combined with an innovative visual methodology. Fifty-four (mainly female) p...
TL;DR: A review of studies that have employed Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) longitudinally to capture temporal aspects of phenomena by analysing data gathered over multiple time points is presented in this article.
Abstract: This paper presents a review of studies that have employed Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) longitudinally to capture temporal aspects of phenomena by analysing data gathered over multiple time points. Sixty-six eligible articles from peer-reviewed journals were obtained by searching the Web of science, Medline and Psychinfo databases up to March 2018. A description of the corpus is provided, followed by an in-depth review of the methodological choices made by authors. The paper describes the range of approaches used to capture and convey experience over time, including data gathering decisions and types of thematic structure used to present findings. Finally, a selection of common features of good quality studies is illustrated using examples taken from articles in the corpus and their potential merits are highlighted.
TL;DR: In psychotherapy research, treatment efficacy is commonly studied by means of self-report questionnaires to gain quantitative data on symptom development as discussed by the authors, which serve as input for statis...
Abstract: In psychotherapy research, treatment efficacy is commonly studied by means of self-report questionnaires to gain quantitative data on symptom development. The data serve as input for statis...
TL;DR: In this paper, a special issue that showcases recent developments in interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is presented, reflecting on IPA's progress since its inception more than 20 years ago.
Abstract: We are delighted to introduce this special issue that showcases recent developments in interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Reflecting on IPA’s progress since its inception more than 20 ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors aim to understand how people seeking asylum make sense of their migration experience and the factors impacting the mental health of those seeking asylum in the UK how this infl...
Abstract: This paper aims to understand how people seeking asylum make sense of their migration experience and the factors impacting the mental health of people seeking asylum in the UK how this infl...
TL;DR: The authors examines some of the main processes in the evolution of triangulation in qualitative research and social representations theory (SRT) in social psychology in recent decades, by adopting adop...
Abstract: This paper examines some of the main processes in the evolution of triangulation in qualitative research (QR) and social representations theory (SRT) in social psychology in recent decades. By adop...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose that reflexivity can be revealed through a deliberate adjunct to the interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) process, which they refer to as "echoes".
Abstract: In this article, we propose reflexivity can be revealed through a deliberate adjunct to the interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) process. This adjunct, which we refer to as “echoes,” is a...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore ethical and practical issues encountered by UK-based psychologists utilising open qualitative datasets and propose a context-consent meta-framework as a resource to help in the design of studies sharing their data and/or studies using open data.
Abstract: To date, open science, particularly open data, in psychology has focused on quantitative research. This article aims to explore ethical and practical issues encountered by UK-based psychologists utilising open qualitative datasets. Semi-structured telephone interviews with eight qualitative psychologists were explored using a framework analysis. From the findings, we offer a context-consent meta-framework as a resource to help in the design of studies sharing their data and/or studies using open data. We recommend secondary studies conduct archaeologies of context and consent to examine if the data available are suitable for their research questions. This research is the first we know of in the study of “doing” (or not doing) open science, which could be repeated to develop a longitudinal picture or complemented with additional approaches, such as observational studies of how context and consent are negotiated in preregistered studies and open data.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an argument for reflexively combining participatory visual methods with each other, alongside qualitative ethnographic interviewing, in exploring resilience with street-connected young people, and make an argument that combining visual and qualitative methods can be complementary.
Abstract: We present an argument for reflexively combining participatory visual methods with each other, alongside qualitative ethnographic interviewing, in exploring resilience with street-connected young p...
TL;DR: In this paper, Schiff argues that a shift in the direction of a narrative perspective is necessary to understand and analyse human psycho-analysis, and argues for a new narrative for psychology.
Abstract: In A New Narrative for Psychology, Brian Schiff delivers a strong argument for why disciplinary shift in the direction of a narrative perspective is necessary to understand and analyse human psycho...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined such associations in constructions of weight-loss motivators and found that health is closely associated with body weight and weight loss, achieved through individual health behavior.
Abstract: In Western societies, health is closely associated with body weight and weight loss, achieved through individual health behaviour. I examined such associations in constructions of weight-loss motiv...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarise the standpoint of the Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society regarding the current position of qualitative research in psychology in the UK.
Abstract: This article summarises the standpoint of the Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society regarding the current position of qualitative research in psychology in ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present three "gems" which illuminate women's lived experiences and explore how popularised representations of women's sexuality and mothering influence disclosure discourses, and use emotion work as a conceptual resource to structure the women's narratives and challenge existing policy discourses.
Abstract: This article focuses on working with gems using a feminist approach to interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) in a resource-constrained setting. The research explores the experiences of maternal disclosure of HIV to children of HIV positive mothers in Kingston, Jamaica. A feminist approach helps recognise power imbalances within research relationships and the women’s lived experiences. We present three “gems” which illuminate women’s lived experiences and explore how popularised representations of women’s sexuality and mothering influence disclosure discourses. We use emotion work as a conceptual resource to structure the women’s narratives and challenge existing policy discourses, which arguably represent disclosure within a binary, rationalist, decision-making framework. This article adds to global literature on maternal HIV disclosure and problematises policy discourses by bringing into relief the emotion work women engage in when deciding if and how to communicate their HIV status to their children. It adds to the body of research using IPA, particularly in resource-constrained settings where IPA has thus far had little application.
TL;DR: There has been a noticeable trend in the development of walking methodologies evident in a growing body of research and an increase in walking interventions organized at conferences or as separate events.
Abstract: There has been a noticeable trend in the development of walking methodologies evident in a growing body of research and an increase in walking interventions organised at conferences or as separate ...
TL;DR: The philosophical foundations of interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) are often at odds with its practice and use as mentioned in this paper, and this foundation is often in conflict with the use of idiography.
Abstract: The philosophical foundations of interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA)—phenomenology, hermeneutics, and idiography—guide its practice and use. However, this foundation is often at odds wit...
TL;DR: The authors explored contemporary sense-making practices around apparently counter-normative gendered body hair practice, and developed a two-stem story completion task to explore contemporary sense making practices around counternormative body hair practices.
Abstract: Do women with body hair continue to evoke disgust? Are men without body hair read only as athletes and/or gay? To explore contemporary sense-making practices around apparently counter-normative gendered body hair practice, we developed a two-stem story completion task. We collected stories from 161 undergraduate students (129 women, 32 men) about David, who had decided to start removing body hair, and Jane, who had decided to stop removing body hair. We analysed the data thematically within a constructionist framework, resulting in three themes: 1) secrecy and shame; 2) the personal benefits of going against the grain; and 3) the personal is political. The ‘personal benefits’ theme included four distinct (gendered) subthemes: a) increased heterosexual attractiveness; b) increased sporting prowess; c) removal of a hassle; and d) liberation from conformity. These story data gave access to familiar, but also somewhat different, accounts than those collected through typical self-report measures.
TL;DR: In this article, five single mothers caring for a daughter with Rett syndrome took photographs to show how they care for a disabled child as a single parent, using a camera phone.
Abstract: Caring for a disabled child as a lone parent is complex and dynamic and can affect well-being significantly. Five single mothers caring for a daughter with Rett syndrome took photographs to...
TL;DR: In this article, a qualitative story completion task, about a woman starting therapy, was presented to 203 British young people aged 15-24, and participants were 75% female, 88% white, 93% heterosexual, and 98% able-bodied.
Abstract: Being fat is widely recognised as a stigmatised identity which disproportionately impacts women - personally and professionally. Women are numerically dominant as therapy practitioners, and we use this group to explore the ways a ‘fat counsellor’ is imagined in the context of counselling. A qualitative story completion task, about a woman starting therapy, was presented to 203 British young people aged 15-24. Participants were 75% female, 88% white, 93% heterosexual, and 98% able-bodied. The story stem did not specify the sex of the counsellor, who was identified as fat; the vast majority of stories assumed the counsellor was female. Overall, fatness was perceived as negatively impacting therapy, and the counsellor’s professional credibility, because fatness was equated with a lack of psychological health, which rendered fat counsellors professionally ‘unfit.’ This finding extends the literature on ‘weight bias’ in professional settings and has implications for counsellors of all body sizes.
TL;DR: Attention to the felt aspects of a crisis indicate the existential, intersubjective and traumatic nature of the experience.
Abstract: Background: The felt and emotional aspects of psychosis are poorly understood, however, their importance for the aetiology of, and recovery from, psychosis is increasingly accepted. Individ...
TL;DR: Flow can be understood as an experience in which awareness merges with the action itself and there is a perfect balance between activity and challenge that produces an optimal functioning a... as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Flow can be understood as an experience in which awareness merges with the action itself and there is a perfect balance between activity and challenge that produces an optimal functioning a...