Navigating sexual honesty: a qualitative study of the meaning-making of pornography consumption among gay-identifying Malaysian men

Porn Studies ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph N. Goh
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Pornography Consumption

scholarly journals Meaning and inconsistencies of meaning – exploring the perspectives of Norwegian veterans in Afghanistan

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Lien ◽  
Kristian Firing ◽  
Mons Bendixen ◽  
Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Mutual Support ◽  
Finding Meaning ◽  
Self Worth

Abstract This qualitative study explores the meaning-making process of veterans to address the positive aspects of military service in international operations. Thirteen veterans from a Force Protection Unit in Norway were interviewed about their deployment to Afghanistan. A thematic analysis revealed three main themes reflecting meaningful aspects of the service. “Confirmation of ability” refers to finding meaning by coping with stressful situations and being recognized for it. “Cohesion of peers” refers to finding meaning by belonging to a team and giving mutual support within the team, such as backing up each other and caring. “Significance of effort” refers to finding meaning by seeing their efforts as a contribution, as well as by receiving recognition and gaining status for their efforts. The analysis also revealed accompanying themes of inconsistencies, which in turn activated different coping strategies. The findings have been substantiated through a functional exposition of meaning: purpose, value, efficacy, and self-worth, as advocated by Baumeister (1991), and are discussed in the context of previous research and a theoretical concept of meaning making. Steps for future research are proposed.

Meaning Making in Wartime Bereavement: Lessons Learned From Bereaved Parents and Siblings

2016 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Harrington
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Military Culture ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Bereaved Parents ◽  
Rich Data

Wartime deaths are traumatic and leave many grieving families in their wake. Yet, the unique, nuanced bereavement needs and experiences of those who remain are largely unknown. This Canadian, qualitative study examined the bereavement experiences of family of origin, bereaved during the mission to Afghanistan. The findings provide rich data on the predominant ways in which family members found and made meaning following the death and the ways in which military culture influenced the meanings made.

scholarly journals ‘Damn, Channing Tatum can move!’: Women’s accounts of men’s bodies and objectification in post-feminist times

Sexualities ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 136346072096765
Author(s):  
Andrea Waling ◽  
Duane Duncan ◽  
Steven Angelides ◽  
Gary W Dowsett
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Sexual Desire ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Sexual Objectification ◽  
Feminist Ethics ◽  
Sexual Empowerment ◽  
Sexual Orientations ◽  
Personal Experiences

This paper explores how women think about men’s bodies as objects of desire. It reports on one part of a larger qualitative study on men’s bodywork practices in contemporary Australia. Drawing on material from three focus groups with 24 Australian women of varying ages, sexual orientations and backgrounds, the paper considers how women experience, understand and reflect on their desire for men and men’s bodies. It also explores themes such as the connection women draw between what a man’s body looks like and what it can do, how attraction is experienced, the meaning making women engage in as they think about men and men’s bodies, and the broader politics of sexuality and objectification that inform their perceptions and ideas. These experiences are set against ideas in post-feminist thinking on women’s sexual desire and debates on their sexual empowerment. The paper argues that these women are grappling with tensions between their personal experiences of sexual objectification and a feminist ethics relating to their active and reflexive projects of sexuality.

scholarly journals Expanding Pre-Service Teachers’ Conceptions of Texts, Readers, and Response Through Multimodal Response

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Kesler
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Historical Fiction ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Book Clubs ◽  
Negotiation Of Meaning ◽  
Design Work ◽  
Social Negotiation ◽  
Research Questions

The author conducted a qualitative study of multimodal digital response to children’s historical fiction that his 23 pre-service graduate students read in book clubs. Grounded in sociocultural and multimodal theories of literacy, the study addresses the following two research questions: What influence did sociocultural and multimodal engagements with text have on students’ meaning-making? What influence did these engagements have on their conceptions of texts, readers, and response? Findings show how social negotiation of meaning and robustness of design work expanded participants’ understandings of texts, readers, and response that challenge current autonomous, verbocentric conceptions of literacy that predominate in schools.

scholarly journals Subjective experience of meningitis survivors: a transversal qualitative study using interpretative phenomenological analysis

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. e037168
Author(s):  
Elisabetta Scanferla ◽  
Léonor Fasse ◽  
Philip Gorwood
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Post Traumatic Growth ◽  
Key Aspects

Objectives(1) To capture the subjective experience of meningitis survivors during adolescence and adulthood and (2) To explore how they give meaning to this specific experience.DesignA qualitative study of in-depth interviews using interpretative phenomenological analysis.SettingsParticipants recruited through an association of persons affected by meningitis and their relatives.ParticipantsConvenience sample of nine participants (seven women and two men) between the ages of 18 to 48 years (mean=28.3, SD=11.4), who personally experienced meningitis.ResultsEight major themes and three main meaning-making processes in relation to the participants’ experiences of meningitis were identified: (1) the ability to rely on the testimony of others, (2) the impossibility of meaning-making and (3) the possibility of post-traumatic growth. We detailed here five major themes, which appear critical to answering the objective of the study.ConclusionsThis study provides a unique insight into the first-hand experience of surviving meningitis. Findings highlighted factors characterising the disease experience, the psychological adjustment of meningitis survivors and their meaning-making processes. These findings are important for both research and clinical practice, demonstrating the importance of direct involvement of meningitis survivors in identifying key aspects of care, which include the critical role of relatives, and the importance of investigating the need for training among healthcare providers on how to diagnose meningitis.

scholarly journals “I Don’t See It That Way Anymore”: A Qualitative Study of Significant Changes of Mind

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Austin Archer
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Phase I ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Terror Management Theory ◽  
Terror Management ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
Scientific Revolutions ◽  
Adult Participants

The specific aim of the study is to explore the cognitive and emotional phenomena which accompany profound changes of perspective that people have. I would like to understand the change in a person’s thinking and in what way the person experiences these changes, whether it is a change in belief or a worldview. I would also like to understand whether external factors such as that facilitate these profound changes. Using a phenomenological approach, I interviewed eight adult participants in depth regarding changes to their worldview. I examined three phases of change, namely pre-change phase, the change phase, and the post-change phase. The themes I identify and describe include: emotional comfort and quiescence, and the precipitating event in the pre-change phase; vacillation and emotional discomfort in the change phase; and a return to psychological comfort and resilience in the post-change phase. I discuss these changes using Terror Management Theory (TMT), the Meaning Making Model (MMM), and Kuhn’s theory of scientific revolutions as useful lenses through which one can view these individual changes.

scholarly journals Fostering Transformative Learning in an Online ESL Professional Development Program for K-12 Teachers

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Sprow Forte ◽  
David Blouin
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Transformative Learning ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Professional Development Program ◽  
Professional Dispositions ◽  
K 12

This qualitative study examines evidence of transformative learning surrounding sociocultural issues in the K-12 classroom of in-service teachers, while participating in an online English as a Second Language (ESL) professional development program. Using inductive data analysis, precursors and catalysts to transformative learning were identified to understand the ways in which 24 purposefully sampled participants experienced learning. Areas explored included ways in which the candidates participated in critical reflection of their own perspectives, ways in which this process affected their meaning making of their experiences, potential for action in changing their practice as ESL educators, and transformative learning features present throughout their learning experiences. Findings reveal evidence of perspective shifts in this context that complement the professional dispositions identified as important for K-12 teachers: the importance of carefully choosing resource materials in professional development, and the necessity to encourage critical reflection in course activities.

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