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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.

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Don't Just Survive, Thrive: Understanding How Acute Psychiatric Nurses Develop Resilience

TL;DR: Maintaining a “vast” perspective of life was necessary for developing resilience, and becoming an “expert” of self was key in developing resilience.
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Midwives׳ experiences of caring for women with learning disabilities – A qualitative study

TL;DR: The midwives felt unsupported in their attempts to deliver adequate midwifery care, speaking about a lack of accessible support for pregnant women with LD, and were left feeling responsible to fill the gaps in service provision.
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Navigating the advanced cancer experience of underserved Latinas.

TL;DR: It is indicated that underserved Latinas face complex circumstances that interfere with the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, however, women expressed positive attitudes and held beliefs about survival which helped them through their experience with cancer.
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Interpreting the Anomalous: Finding Meaning in Out-of-Body and Near-Death Experiences

TL;DR: This article proposed the use of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to investigate anomalous experience, with a focus on describing and interpreting the process, intricacy and novelty of personal experience.
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Revisioning, reconnecting and revisiting: the psychosocial transition of returning home from hospital following a stroke

TL;DR: Investigation and improve understanding of the experiences of patients and their carers during the first month at home following discharge from hospital, thereby enhancing appropriate care from a more informed perspective and contributes to understandings through in-depth individual accounts of the psychosocial transition of returning home.
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Using thematic analysis in psychology

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

Kathy Charmaz
TL;DR: K Kathy Charmaz's excellent and practical guide to grounded theory in nursing and how to do qualitative research in nursing is welcomed.
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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

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.