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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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“Being in That Environment Can Be Very Therapeutic”: Spiritual Experiences in Nature
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the qualities and outcomes of participants' spiritual experiences in nature and find that such experiences may lead to long-term psychological well-being as a consequence of changes in self and personality, the formation of vivid memories that could be drawn upon later, and increased contact with nature.
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Parental stress and coping in elite youth gymnastics: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
TL;DR: For example, the authors found that parents face numerous organisational, competitive, and developmental stressors in youth gymnastics including time and travel demands, child's competition nerves, schooling, finances, and injury.
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Patients' experiences of living beyond colorectal cancer: A qualitative study
TL;DR: Study findings suggest that colorectal cancer survivors employ a broad range of techniques and approaches to manage adjustment to everyday life such as goal-setting, managing informal networks and adopting strategies for physical and emotional recovery.
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Understanding ‘Cyberchondria’: an Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of the Purpose, Methods and Impact of Seeking Health Information Online for those with Health Anxiety
TL;DR: This study explores health anxious individuals’ experiences of searching for health information online to further understand ‘cyberchondria’ and what they tell us about the purpose, methods and impact of seeking health Information online among individuals with health anxiety.
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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: 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
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.