Transformative Life Experience as a Glimpse Into Potentiality

Common Features ◽

Theoretical View ◽

Depth Interviews ◽

Phenomenological Exploration

Many clients cope with the consequences of transformative life experience (TLE) in psychotherapy. TLE often involves a radical, profound reorganization of or change in one’s life because of resulting formative, life-changing choices. Yet the essence of the mechanism people use to process and make sense of a TLE is unclear. This study is a phenomenological exploration of such experiences that aims to offer a heuristic theoretical view of how such change is constructed and played out. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with 120 adults who had coped with the consequences of a TLE. Data analysis was guided by a hermeneutic phenomenology paradigm that postulates that people account for their experience within the four existentials of temporality, spatiality, corporality (embodiment), and relationality. Those lifeworld existentials were utilized as a framework and lens through which to organize the data. This procedure was followed by a hermeneutical interpretation to identify common features of lived experience along all four domains of analysis with the purpose of constructing a conceptual model that illustrates the essence of change during TLE. Implications are considered for utilizing theoretical and applied insights from the model.

Understanding Youth’s Lived Experience of Anxiety through Metaphors: A Qualitative, Arts-Based Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18084315 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (8) ◽

pp. 4315

Author(s):

Roberta Lynn Woodgate ◽

Pauline Tennent ◽

Nicole Legras

Keyword(s):

Psychological Distress ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Lived Experience ◽

Lived Body ◽

The Public ◽

Lived Space ◽

Visual Metaphors ◽

Participatory Arts ◽

Lived Time

Living with anxiety can be a complex, biopsychosocial experience that is unique to each person and embedded in their contexts and lived worlds. Scales and questionnaires are necessary to quantify anxiety, yet these approaches are not always able to reflect the lived experience of psychological distress experienced by youth. Guided by hermeneutic phenomenology, our research aimed to amplify the voices of youth living with anxiety. Fifty-eight youth living with anxiety took part in in-depth, open-ended interviews and participatory arts-based methods (photovoice and ecomaps). Analysis was informed by van Manen’s method of data analysis with attention to lived space, lived body, lived time, and lived relationships, as well as the meanings of living with anxiety. Youth relied on the following metaphors to describe their experiences: A shrinking world; The heavy, heavy backpack; Play, pause, rewind, forward; and A fine balance. Overall, youth described their anxiety as a monster, contributing to feelings of fear, loss, and pain, but also hope. The findings from this study can contribute to the reduction of barriers in knowledge translation by encouraging the use of narrative and visual metaphors as a communicative tool to convey youth’s lived experience of anxiety to researchers, clinicians, and the public.

Lived Experience of Women Suffering from Vitiligo: A Phenomenological Study

The Qualitative Report ◽

10.46743/2160-3715/2006.1677 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Leili Borimnejad ◽

Zohreh Yekta ◽

Alireza Nasrabadi

Keyword(s):

Body Image ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Lived Experience ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Cultural Beliefs ◽

Psychosocial Problems ◽

Chronic Skin ◽

Purposive Sample ◽

Chronic Skin Disease

Vitiligo is a chronic skin disease, which through change of appearance and body image, exerts a devastating effect on people, especially women. The objective of this study is to explore lived experience of women with Vitiligo by the hermeneutic phenomenology method. The purposive sample consisted of 16 Iranian women. Data analysis followed Diekelmann, Allen, and Tanner (1989). The results showed four main themes: (1) Perceiving myself in a different light; (2) Vitiligo: Worry about others’ perceptions; (3) Vitiligo, Being influenced by cultural beliefs; and (4) Accepting and fighting the disease; Variations in experiences of living with Vitiligo. The women affected with Vitiligo during their marriage-ready years face various psychosocial problems such as rejection by associates, isolation, divorce, and forced choice of a single life.

The use of psychotropic medications and non-pharmacological approaches in everyday life: a qualitative study of the lived experience

Revista Latinoamericana de Psicopatologia Fundamental ◽

10.1590/1415-4714.2019v22n4p859.11 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 22 (4) ◽

pp. 859-883 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Agnes Fonseca Ribeiro Filardi ◽

Simone de Araújo Medina Mendonça ◽

Djenane Ramalho-de-Oliveira

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Everyday Life ◽

Lived Experience ◽

Psychotropic Drugs ◽

Daily Life ◽

Psychotropic Medications ◽

Western Countries ◽

High Degree ◽

Increased consumption of psychotropic drugs has been noted in Brazil and other Western countries in the last few decades for different reasons. The objective of this study was to understand the lived experience of individuals who used psychotropic drugs to cope with the problems faced in daily life. A qualitative study guided by hermeneutic phenomenology was carried out. In-depth interviews were conducted. The experience was grouped into two themes: experience of using psychotropic and the search for non-pharmacological approaches. Psychotropics were considered necessary for regaining a point of equilibrium when the problems faced were recognized as having a high degree of difficulty. In some cases, the drugs were perceived as insufficient for solving the problem, leading or not to the search for alternatives to deal with the difficulty.

Doula Support During Childbearing—Aiming for the Best Birthing Experience: A Phenomenological Study

International Journal of Childbirth ◽

10.1891/2156-5287.7.3.139 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 139-151 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

C. Michelle Brisco ◽

Sandra P. Small

Keyword(s):

Lived Experience ◽

Health Care Providers ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Care Providers ◽

Peace Of Mind ◽

Growing Body ◽

The Right ◽

Depth Interviews ◽

Childbirth Experiences

A growing body of evidence indicates that doula support improves childbirth outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine women’s lived experience of such support. Hermeneutic phenomenology was used to carry out and analyze in-depth interviews with 14 women who had doulas for support during pregnancy, childbirth, and the immediate postpartum period. Six main themes were revealed. The women were aiming for the best birthing experience, and they believed to achieve this they needed extra support and to have a full say in their childbirth experiences. The doulas helped the women to have peace of mind prenatally, and all but one woman had an overall satisfying experience with their doulas. Whether satisfied or dissatisfied with their personal doulas, all the women believed that having a doula is valuable. However, choosing the right doula matters because a comfortable relationship between a woman and her doula is essential to achieving the best birthing experience. Health care providers and policymakers must recognize the importance women place on constant and personalized support during childbirth and endeavor to provide such care.

FAMILY’S LIFE EXPERIENCE IN TAKING CARE CHILDREN WITH HIV/AIDS IN CIMAHI CITY

INDONESIAN NURSING JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND CLINIC (INJEC) ◽

10.24990/injec.v1i2.69 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 147

Author(s):

Lina Safarina

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Lived Experience ◽

Life Experience ◽

Psychosocial Problems ◽

The Family ◽

Motivation Enhancement ◽

Disability Education ◽

Depth Interviews ◽

Hiv Aids

Introduction. Indonesia has increase in cases of HIV/AIDS significantly. HIV/AIDS incidence in children is increase too. Children with HIV infection are vulnerable to physical and psychosocial problems are complex. This raises the issue of the family in caring for children with HIV/AIDS. The purpose of this study was to explore in depth the experiences of family life in the care of children with HIV/AIDS. Methods. The study used a qualitative approach was phenomenological. This research was conducted during the months of July-August 2012 in Cimahi. The study was conducted on families who have children with HIV/AIDS. Method of data collection study using in-depth interviews. Analysis of the data used to describe the lived experience of families in caring for children with HIV/AIDS with Colaizi data analysis. Results. Children with HIV/AIDS had experience a variety of problems related to the infection opportunity, growth and development disability, education, social skills and acceptance in society. Discussion. Nurse can give information about caring children with HIV/AIDS, give the support to family to get VCT program, ARV supervision, motivation enhancement, child health, children need to learn and play, support family to join with PMTCT program to increase quality of life of the children and family. Keywords: Children with HIV/AIDS, Family’s Experience, Quality of Life

Perceptions of Career Agency and Career Calling in Mid-Career: A Qualitative Investigation

Journal of Career Assessment ◽

10.1177/1069072720956982 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 106907272095698

Author(s):

Dale L. Lemke

Keyword(s):

Data Analysis ◽

Lived Experience ◽

Contextual Factors ◽

Qualitative Investigation ◽

Prosocial Orientation ◽

Career Calling ◽

Participant Perspectives ◽

Depth Interviews ◽

Robust Integration

This qualitative study examined the perceptions of career agency and career calling among 35 U.S. mid-career foreign missionaries from four organizations who reported a sense of living out a calling. In-depth interviews were analyzed using grounded theory methodology to describe participant perspectives on calling and agency with the goal of understanding factors that contribute to living a calling. Data analysis revealed two main themes, nine categorical sub-themes, and 18 base concepts. The first theme, calling as a dynamic lived experience, affirms elements of Work as Calling Theory and indicates a need to clarify the role of prosocial orientation in calling. The second theme, socio-contextual factors perceived as influencing lived callings, offers insights regarding the need to explore a more robust integration of socio-contextual factors into Work as Calling Theory. A hypothesis regarding the relation between cultural competence and living a calling is proposed for future testing.

The Lived Experience Of Correctional Nurses Working In Two Ontario Detention Centres : A Descriptive Phenomenological Study

10.32920/ryerson.14649486 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sheleza Latif

Keyword(s):

Data Analysis ◽

Lived Experience ◽

Nursing Practice ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

Working Relationships ◽

Service Delivery Model ◽

Phenomenological Inquiry ◽

Canadian Context ◽

This thesis presents a descriptive phenomenological inquiry of the lived experience of correctional nursing in a Canadian context. Seven in-depth interviews with correctional nurses were conducted. Data analysis was guided by Giorgi's description of the descriptive phenomenological psychological method. Fourteen essential structures were identified. These essential structures described participants' experiences related to: discovering correctional nursing: their physical workspaces; their working relationships; and caring for inmate clients. Implications for policy and administration include suggestions for reviewing the service delivery model of healthcare services within corrections and improving the recruitment and retention of correctional nurses. Implications for nursing practice, education, and research are also discussed.

The Lived Experience Of Correctional Nurses Working In Two Ontario Detention Centres : A Descriptive Phenomenological Study

10.32920/ryerson.14649486.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sheleza Latif

Keyword(s):

Data Analysis ◽

Lived Experience ◽

Nursing Practice ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

Working Relationships ◽

Service Delivery Model ◽

Phenomenological Inquiry ◽

Canadian Context ◽

A Conceptual Model of Spirituality in Music Education

Journal of Research in Music Education ◽

10.1177/0022429415575314 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 63 (1) ◽

pp. 47-69 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Liesl van der Merwe ◽

John Habron

Keyword(s):

Data Analysis ◽

Music Education ◽

Lived Experience ◽

Conceptual Model ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Qualitative Data Analysis ◽

Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽

Data Saturation ◽

Qualitative Data Analysis Software ◽

The Many

This article aims to describe the phenomenon of spirituality in music education by means of a model derived from the academic literature on the topic. Given the centrality of lived experience within this literature, we adopted a hermeneutic phenomenological theoretical framework to describe the phenomenon. The NCT (noticing, collecting, and thinking) model was used for the qualitative document analysis. Atlas.ti 7, computer-aided qualitative data analysis software, was used to support and organize the inductive qualitative data analysis process. After data saturation, we used Van Manen’s lifeworld existentials (corporeality, relationality, spatiality, and temporality) to help organize the many quotes, codes, and categories that emerged from analyzing the literature. The model that results assigns codes to quotes and codes to categories, which in turn appear within one of these four lifeworlds. This article not only offers a working conceptual model of spirituality in music education but may also help to foster an awareness of spiritual experience in pedagogical contexts and thus contribute to what Van Manen calls “pedagogic thoughtfulness and tact.”

Pedagang Kaki Lima, Profil Entrepreneurship Sejati, Pelaku Ekonomi Kerakyatan, Ciptakan Jiwa Kewirausahaan Mandiri

JURNAL SOSIAL Jurnal Penelitian Ilmu-Ilmu Sosial ◽

10.33319/sos.v20i1.35 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 30-35

Author(s):

Agus Prasetya

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Data Display ◽

Job Seekers ◽

Street Vendor ◽

Street Vendors ◽

The Social ◽

Collection Data ◽

Definition Of ◽

This article is motivated by the fact that the existence of the Street Vendor (PKL) profession is a manifestation of the difficulty of work and the lack of jobs. The scarcity of employment due to the consideration of the number of jobs with unbalanced workforce, economically this has an impact on the number of street vendors (PKL) exploding ... The purpose of being a street vendor is, as a livelihood, making a living, looking for a bite of rice for family, because of the lack of employment, this caused the number of traders to increase. The scarcity of jobs, causes informal sector migration job seekers to create an independent spirit, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship, with capital, managed by traders who are true populist economic actors. The problems in street vendors are: (1) how to organize, regulate, empower street vendors in the cities (2) how to foster, educate street vendors, and (3) how to help, find capital for street vendors (4) ) how to describe grief as a Five-Foot Trader. This paper aims to find a solution to the problem of street vendors, so that cases of conflict, cases of disputes, clashes of street vendors with Satpol PP can be avoided. For this reason, the following solutions must be sought: (1) understanding the causes of the explosions of street vendors (2) understanding the problems of street vendors. (3) what is the solution to solving street vendors in big cities. (4) describe Street Vendors as actors of the people's economy. This article is qualitative research, the social paradigm is the definition of social, the method of retrieving observational data, in-depth interviews, documentation. Data analysis uses Interactive Miles and Huberman theory, with stages, Collection Data, Display Data, Data Reduction and Vervying or conclusions.