scholarly journals Help-Seeking Beliefs Among Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Users Experiencing Side Effects: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-375
Author(s):  
Hugh Gilmore ◽  
Stephen Shannon ◽  
Gerard Leavey ◽  
Martin Dempster ◽  
Shane Gallagher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Medical Community ◽  
Professional Help ◽  
Recreational Athletes ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Androgenic Steroids

Recreational athletes comprise the most prevalent population using illegal Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (AAS). Despite regulatory efforts, substances are widely accessible, and most users report the experience of harmful side effects. It remains unclear why few users seek professional medical help. The aim of this study was to determine AAS users’ experience of side effects and help-seeking beliefs using an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of six interviews. Participants were from the United Kingdom (n = 5) and United States (n = 1), had all experienced side effects, with some reporting prolonged use of AAS (>10 years) and self-manufacturing the drugs from raw ingredients. Results showed that AAS users discredit medical professionals’ competencies, and practice cognitive dissonance by avoiding challenging situations. A microculture for information-sharing has developed among AAS users who initially self-treat to counteract side effects, leaving them vulnerable to further harm. To conclude, there is an urgent need for educational interventions that outline the risky practice of unregulated AAS use and self-treatments, and the need to seek professional help. Such interventions could be developed through a co-production basis, and be implemented by current/former AAS users alongside the medical community.

scholarly journals The ethics of service work in a neoliberal healthcare context: doing embodied and “dirty” emotional labor

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lilith Arevshatian Whiley ◽  
Gina Grandy
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Labor ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Service Work ◽  
Dirty Work ◽  
Service Workers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The United Kingdom

PurposeThe authors explore how service workers negotiate emotional laboring with “dirty” emotions while trying to meet the demands of neoliberal healthcare. In doing so, the authors theorize emotional labor in the context of healthcare as a type of embodied and emotional “dirty” work.Design/methodology/approachThe authors apply interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) to their data collected from National Health Service (NHS) workers in the United Kingdom (UK).FindingsThe authors’ data show that healthcare service workers absorb, contain and quarantine emotional “dirt”, thereby protecting their organization at a cost to their own well-being. Workers also perform embodied practices to try to absolve themselves of their “dirty” labor.Originality/valueThe authors extend research on emotional “dirty” work and theorize that emotional labor can also be conceptualized as “dirty” work. Further, the authors show that emotionally laboring with “dirty” emotions is an embodied phenomenon, which involves workers absorbing and containing patients' emotional “dirt” to protect the institution (at the expense of their well-being).

scholarly journals The use of digital legacies with people affected by motor neurone disease for continuing bonds: An interpretative phenomenological analysis study

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (7) ◽  
pp. 812-822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Clabburn ◽  
Katherine Knighting ◽  
Barbara A Jack ◽  
Mary R O’Brien
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Motor Neurone ◽  
Motor Neurone Disease ◽  
Continuing Bonds ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Psychotherapeutic Approach ◽  
Ethical Approval

Background: Motor neurone disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease without cure. Little is known about how young people are affected when a family member has the illness and subsequently dies, resulting in a gap in understanding of how best to support them. One psychotherapeutic approach involves creating a legacy to pass onto the young person, but little research has investigated the use of an emerging format, digital legacies, where videos document a person’s life, memories and achievements. Aim: To investigate the views, perceptions and experiences of digital legacies with people affected by motor neurone disease. Design: A qualitative study underpinned by interpretative phenomenological analysis. Setting/participants: People living with motor neurone disease (n = 4) and bereaved young people (n = 3) in the United Kingdom. Open-ended interviews were conducted in person. Ethical approval was granted by a University ethics committee. Results: Five key themes emerged exemplifying mutual challenges and benefits for people with motor neurone disease and bereaved young people. Creating a digital legacy provides a sense of purpose for people with motor neurone disease and a way to convey personality and life experiences. Bereaved young people can modify disease-related memories of the person and gain comfort from hearing and seeing videos. Conclusion: This study expands the existing continuing bonds model of grief to include an ‘autobiographical chapter’, creating ‘The Model of Reciprocal Bonds Formation’.

scholarly journals Climbing to freedom on an impossible staircase: Exploring the emancipatory potential of becoming an entrepreneur-employer

2020 ◽  
pp. 026624262096761
Author(s):  
Helen C Williams ◽  
Katrina Pritchard ◽  
Maggie C Miller ◽  
Cara Reed
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Visual Method ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Catch 22 ◽  
Perceived Constraints

This article contributes to critical discussions questioning the emancipatory potential of entrepreneurship by examining the experiences of men and women entrepreneurs who have recently become employers in South Wales, the United Kingdom. Our research uses a co-creative visual method based in interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) to explore transitions from entrepreneur to entrepreneur-employer in everyday contexts. Findings demonstrate how initial emancipatory experiences become increasingly bounded when becoming an entrepreneur-employer. This exposes a Catch-22 of entrepreneuring-as-emancipation as a symptom of neoliberal entrepreneurial discourses that constrain what entrepreneurs are encouraged to do: grow. We find a plurality of particular emancipations, but conclude that within a developed context entrepreneurship, and more specifically, becoming an entrepreneur-employer is a relational step through which perceived constraints become more readily experienced and emancipation never fully realised.

Impacts of organisational role and environmental factors on moral injury and trauma amongst police investigators in Internet Child Abuse Teams

2021 ◽  
pp. 0032258X2110433
Author(s):  
Mark Doyle ◽  
Kit Tapson ◽  
Vasileios Karagiannopoulos ◽  
Peter Lee
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Moral Injury ◽  
Psychological Interventions ◽  
Complex Needs ◽  
The United Kingdom

Little is known about how the effects of moral injury and trauma manifest amongst police Internet Child Abuse Teams. This article reports on the impacts of organisational role and environmental factors on moral injury and trauma amongst this population. Six participants were recruited from two police constabularies in the United Kingdom. Data were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Findings indicated that the participants’ moral injury and trauma were predominantly attributable to excessive workloads and stigma in relation to mental health within policing. Generic psychological interventions were insufficiently responsive to the complex needs of the police investigators.

On-Time Maturation in Female Adolescent Ballet Dancers: Learning From Lived Experiences

2021 ◽  
pp. 027243162110367
Author(s):  
Siobhan B. Mitchell ◽  
Anne M. Haase ◽  
Sean P. Cumming
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Female Adolescent ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Ballet Dancers ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Early Maturing ◽  
Fitting In ◽  
Pubertal Transition

This study employed semi-structured interviews and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to explore experiences of on-time maturation in nine adolescent ballet dancers from across three vocational ballet schools in the United Kingdom. Two themes were identified as central to their experiences: ‘A right and a wrong way to grow’, and fitting in and moving forward. Instead of perceiving themselves as ‘average’ and experiencing a relatively easy pubertal transition, on-time dancers described unique challenges associated with a fluctuation between fitting in and not fitting in within their social context. The implications of on-time maturation in this context are complex and do not appear to follow the same trajectory as early maturing ballet dancers nor on-time non-dancers.

scholarly journals Caring for a Dying Partner: The Male Experience

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Judd ◽  
Helen Guy ◽  
Ruth A. Howard
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Support ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Terminal Illness ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Conflicting Demands ◽  
Seeking Help ◽  
Male Experience

Objective: Caring for someone close who is dying, such as a spouse, is an emotive experience; however, there is little research examining the phenomenon of caregiving for a spouse at the end of life and of men’s experiences specifically. Existing literature suggests that men who are providing care are less likely to seek help than women, especially psychological and emotional support for themselves. The aim of the current study was to explore the lived experiences of men caring for a dying spouse or partner and their help-seeking for themselves during this time. Methods: Eight semi-structured interviews were conducted with men caring for their partner, who was receiving palliative care. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Results: Three superordinate themes emerged from the data, “Illness Questions Everything,” “Constructing the Caring Role,” and “Help-Seeking at the Limit.” The arrival of a terminal illness into a partnership is traumatic, and while it can deepen relationships, it can also create distance. The carer role has conflicting demands and carers need to make sense of their experience in order for the carer role to be constructed as a source of purpose or meaning. Finally, the idea of seeking help for oneself as a carer during this time is seen as “incompatible,” unmanageable, and can only be considered if constructed as a “last resort.” Significance of Results: Men care too; however, they can feel confused by this role and unsure as to how this fits with their identity as a man. They make sense of this by identifying as a partner whose “duty” or “responsibility” is to provide care. Although this is an understandable stance, it puts them at risk of further emotional, psychological, and physiological difficulties if their own needs are not met. Men need to be supported during this time and their caring qualities need to be destigmatized and demystified so that they can feel more able to identify with the role and look after themselves while caring for their dying partner.

The Insider's Experience of Long-Term Peer Victimisation

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham J. Mackay ◽  
Timothy A. Carey ◽  
Bruce Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
School Year ◽  
Help Seeking Behaviour ◽  
Peer Victimisation ◽  
Being Bullied

AbstractBullying in schools continues to be a problem despite the best efforts of educators, researchers, and clinicians. Of most concern for the present study is that some children experience long-term victimisation by their peers. To improve our understanding in this area, the phenomenology of being bullied over the course of the school year was investigated with three participants aged from 11 to 15 years. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Two superordinate themes with associated subthemes were identified: ‘experience of victimisation’ (‘being different’, ‘dynamics of bullying’, ‘school’, and ‘social network’) and ‘strategies’ (‘help-seeking’, ‘behaviour’, ‘response to bullying’, ‘personal coping’, and ‘solutions’). Through these interviews some of the factors that may contribute to long-term peer victimisation were identified. The implications of these results for prevention and intervention are discussed.

scholarly journals ‘Learning to live your life again’: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of weblogs documenting the inside experience of recovering from anorexia nervosa

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 1287-1298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Smethurst ◽  
Daria Kuss
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Supportive Relationships ◽  
Professional Help ◽  
The Public

This study aimed to explore the construct of recovery from anorexia nervosa through the medium of weblogs, focusing on the benefits and barriers to the recovery process. Data were extracted from female ( n = 7) and male ( n = 1) participants’ textual pro-recovery weblogs, all of which were posted between 2013 and 2015 in the public domain. Data were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Three superordinate themes were identified: (1) barriers to recovery, (2) factors increasing the likelihood of recovery and (3) support. Results suggest supportive relationships, regaining control and recognising the consequences of the eating disorder benefit recovery, whereas public perceptions, the anorexia nervosa voice and time act as barriers to recovery. Out of eight participants, four described seeking professional help as part of their recovery, of which three believed their professional therapy experience helped aid recovery. Implications for anorexia nervosa treatment are discussed in detail.

scholarly journals Exploring Buddhism as a ‘Tool’ to Support Well-Being: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Western Adopters’ Experiences

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Laurent ◽  
David Sheffield ◽  
Fiona Holland
Keyword(s):  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Buddhist Practice ◽  
Ancient Religion ◽  
Complete Form ◽  
Health And Well Being

AbstractBuddhism is an ancient religion and philosophy of living that is practised worldwide. More recent interest in mindfulness as a practice and intervention in the West has highlighted Buddhist-derived concepts as useful in supporting health and well-being. As a result, the desire to understand Buddhism in its more complete form has strengthened. Although research into mindfulness and compassion is growing, there is a new interest in second-generation mindfulness, i.e. interventions that draw upon a more holistic use of Buddhist practices. To date, little research has explored this in Western contexts. For the current study, Nichiren Buddhists from the United Kingdom who had been practising for at least three years were recruited. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore their experience of this practice and how it informed their approach to daily life and, in particular, their health and well-being. Interpretive phenomenological analysis was employed as a method to understand the participants’ experiences. Three themes were generated using an inductive approach: (1) finding meaning—“All experiences have got so much value now”— which reflected the participants’ determination to seek purpose and value in all aspects of their life; (2) Buddhism as a needed ‘tool’—“I use it all the time”—which revealed their practice as an important method to help them manage their lives; and (3) agency—“I’m in control of my destiny”—which highlighted the participants’ engagement (supported by their Buddhist practice) in taking responsibility for their actions and responses. Findings indicate the need for future studies to further explore Buddhism as a mechanism for enhancing and sustaining well-being.

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