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Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: Theory, Method and Research
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Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is an increasingly popular approach to qualitative inquiry as discussed by the authors and a handy text covers its theoretical foundations and provides a detailed guide to conducting IPA research.Abstract:
Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is an increasingly popular approach to qualitative inquiry. This handy text covers its theoretical foundations and provides a detailed guide to conducting IPA research.
Extended worked examples from the authors' own studies in health, sexuality, psychological distress and identity illustrate the breadth and depth of IPA research.
Each of the chapters also offers a guide to other good exemplars of IPA research in the designated area. The final section of the book considers how IPA connects with other contemporary qualitative approaches like discourse and narrative analysis and how it addresses issues to do with validity. The book is written in an accessible style and will be extremely useful to students and researchers in psychology and related disciplines in the health and social sciences.read more
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'Learning to live with OCD is a little mantra I often repeat': understanding the lived experience of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in the contemporary therapeutic context
TL;DR: To explore and understand psychosocial aspects of OCD and to provide qualitative accounts of the condition and its treatment rather than concentrating on its psychopathology, this study recruited participants through two leading UK-based OCD charities.
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Pregnancy termination for fetal abnormality: are health professionals’ perceptions of women’s coping congruent with women’s accounts?
TL;DR: Perceptions of health professionals’ perceptions of women’s coping with TFA closely matched women”s accounts, suggesting a high level of understanding, but the findings indicate that health professionals lacked insight into women‘s long-term coping processes and the potential for positive growth following TFA, which is consistent with a lack of aftercare reported by women.
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Too close to home? Experiences of Kurdish refugee interpreters working in UK mental health services
TL;DR: The study recommends that interpreters working in mental health services receive training on mental health issues and self-care and are assisted by frameworks to help make sense of the impact of the work, such as supervision.
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Understanding individual experiences of cyberbullying encountered through work
Wayne Heatherington,Iain Coyne +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to explore individuals' shared experiences of cyberbullying encountered through work, and found that the complexities associated with managing relationships, both virtually and physically, were central to individuals' subjective experiences.
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Moving beyond positivism: reflexive collaboration in understanding agritourism across North American boundaries
Suzanne Ainley,Carol Kline +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used interpretative research approaches, specifically interpretative phenomenological analysis and appreciative inquiry, for getting at a deeper understanding of the complexity of agritourism on family farms.
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Using thematic analysis in psychology
Virginia Braun,Victoria Clarke +1 more
TL;DR: Thematic analysis is a poorly demarcated, rarely acknowledged, yet widely used qualitative analytic method within psychology as mentioned in this paper, and it offers an accessible and theoretically flexible approach to analysing qualitative data.
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Constructing grounded theory : A practical guide through qualitative analysis
TL;DR: Charmaz as mentioned in this paper presented a practical guide through qualitative analysis to construct grounded theory, using qualitative analysis, and showed that qualitative analysis can be used to understand grounded theory in a practical way.
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Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Jonathan A. Smith,Mike Osborn +1 more
TL;DR: The aim of interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is to explore in detail how participants are making sense of their personal and social world, and the main currency for an IPA study is the meanings particular experiences, events, states hold for participants as discussed by the authors.
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Dilemmas in qualitative health research
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the problem posed by the novelty and diversity of qualitative approaches within health psychology and consider the question of what criteria are appropriate for assessing the validity of a qualitative analysis.