Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: Theory, Method and Research PDF

Rating: (11 reviews) Author: Jonathan A Smith ISBN : 9781412908337 New from $84.20 Format: PDF

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This book presents a comprehensive guide to interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) which is an increasingly popular approach to qualitative inquiry taught to undergraduate and postgraduate students today. The first chapter outlines the theoretical foundations for IPA. It discusses phenomenology, hermeneutics, and idiography and how they have been taken up by IPA. The next four chapters provide detailed, step by step guidelines to conducting IPA research: study design, data collection and interviewing, data analysis, and writing up. In the next section, the authors give extended worked examples from their own studies in health, sexuality, psychological distress, and identity to illustrate the breadth and depth of IPA research. 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.

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• Hardcover: 232 pages
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd (June 3, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1412908337
• ISBN-13: 978-1412908337
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Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: Theory, Method and Research PDF

For the last three years I have cruised the web and multiple psychology databases attemptng to find articles with a phenomenological methodology that would support my dissertation topic. Nothing seemed to address my study. I had a small sample (N=11) of terminally ill patients that I interviewed from terminal diagnosis to their eventual death. I even had after death interviews with family members and hospice personnel. Lots of data but no real way to analyze the data that would support multiple perspectives associated with the experience of dying. Being both a counselor and a family therapist I wanted to approach my study holistically and I needed the right tool. During the last three years more and more qualitative research was conducted using a methodology now known as Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). I went through reams of paper downloading articles attempting to extract the essence of IPA. Soon I found chapters on IPA written in books such as Willig and Rogers' "Qualitative research in Psychology." I was thrilled to learn 2 months ago that a text had actually been written by Smith, Flowers, and Larkin. Being a student I was pretty happy about the price--what value for my dollar. My faculty knew little about the methodology so I bought them a copy too for the department. It is an excellent text for both the novice and the experienced researcher and can support both through the complete research experience. The text unravels the mystery of hermeneutics and phenomenology in ways that entices you to learn more. The authors are great at drawing you into the text. I actually read it from cover to cover the first day I had it. Easy to understand and read, I whole heartedly recommend this text to anyone looking for a different approach to qualitative research.

By Linda Sessions

As a PhD student in Psychology I found that there was plenty of resources and info available for quantitative techniques and more traditional qualitative methods. After finding that IPA was the most appropriate means of analyses for one of my studies I noticed that the resources available for this method were limited (many helpful articles and book chapters exist - they just weren't all in one place). This book puts all of the pieces together: providing a brief and understandable picture of the philosophical roots of phenomenology; giving directions on how to go about research and analysis step by step; and offering examples of IPA studies that illustrate the various approaches researchers have taken and ideas about writing up.

I recommend this book to everyone using IPA and also those who study qualitative methods - most of the IPA research going on is based in the UK and it would be nice to see it spread here to the States.

By Alison R. Easter