A Journey Through Romantic Heartbreak and Psychological Growth: An Exploratory Phenomenological Study of Adult Females

2021 ◽  
pp. 009164712110322
Author(s):  
Rebecca J. Crowder ◽  
Hannah E. Acquaye ◽  
Georgeta Boanca ◽  
Norm L. Thiesen
Keyword(s):  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Spiritual Renewal ◽  
Psychological Growth ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
Emerging Themes ◽  
Break Up

Romantic heartbreak is common, affects all genders, and does not spare the adolescent or adult. While some recover and experience growth beyond their pre-break-up state, others do not fully recover. What are the factors that facilitate or impede recovery? Could there be restoration for heartbreak? These are some questions that this study set out to explore. Using a phenomenological lens, eight Caucasian adult females who self-reported as experiencing heartbreak from heterosexual and same sex relationships were interviewed. Emerging themes from transcribed and coded interviews included relational evolution, decline, end, rumination, and recovery. While each relational phase transitioned to the next, the path of rumination influenced participants’ level of recovery. Results indicated that participants who exhibited productive rumination eventually achieved a state of mental and spiritual renewal. Several implications are discussed, including how counselors may help to facilitate productive client rumination and renewal post heartbreak.

Intergenerational Choir: A Qualitative Exploration of Lived Experiences of Older Adults and Student Music Therapists

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 406-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sekyung Jang
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
New Members ◽  
Emerging Themes ◽  
Research And Education

Abstract The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the essence of an intergenerational choir experience for older adults and student music therapists. Data were gathered through a series of open-ended individual interviews with older adult participants (n = 10) and student participants (n = 5). Analysis of data revealed four emerging themes common to both older adults and students: mutual learning, social bonding and support, feelings of accomplishment, and appreciation and enjoyment. Emerging themes unique to the older adult community members were that (a) participation challenges came from differences in musical culture; (b) intergenerational choir promoted experience of emotional health and helped maintain an active lifestyle; and (c) community members were passionate about recruiting new members to expand the choir. Emerging themes unique to the student music therapists were that (a) intergenerational choir provided unique ensemble experiences and (b) students reported positive changes in perception of older adults. Implications of intergenerational music engagement for music therapy clinical practice, research, and education are discussed.

scholarly journals A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF THREE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES IN PROJECT BASED LEARNING

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yustinus Calvin Gai Mali
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Emerging Themes ◽  
Phenomenological Interview ◽  
Learning Projects

Researchers in the past have explored practices of Project Based Learning (PBL) in various educational contexts. Nevertheless, previous studies that examine project-based learning in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts are still limited in numbers particularlythrough the eyes of Indonesian university students. This study aims to look into meanings of PBL in learningSecond Language Acquisition (SLA) at English Language Education Program, Dunia University Indonesia. The study specifically described how three students in the class felt about PBL as implemented in two main classroom projects, how they experienced doing it, and how they provided meaning to it. The students’experiences were recalled through an in-depth phenomenological interview. The results of the study were the experiences in the form of narratives and myinterpretation of emerging themes in the narratives as the meanings of PBL in learning SLA. The study appeared to continue positive trends of PBL practices in Englishlanguage teaching and learning specifically in content-based instructions.Keywords: Project Based Learning, Projects, SLA,Phenomenological Study

Integration in Hong Kong: A phenomenological Study of Chinese Christian Therapists

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon S. Hsu ◽  
M. Elizabeth Lewis Hall ◽  
John H. Coe
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Personal Beliefs ◽  
Relationship With God ◽  
Culture Integration ◽  
Emerging Themes

The voices of other cultures need to be heard in the growing field of the integration of psychology and theology. This study phenomenologically explored the experience of integration for Chinese Christian therapists practicing in Hong Kong. The emerging themes placed the context of integration outside of the Hong Kong culture, with psychology and Christianity as foreign to the Chinese culture. Integration was founded on a dynamic and committed relationship to God. The centrality of relationship with God led to the sharing of personal beliefs with clients as well as encouragement to seek religion in their own lives. The power of theology to meet needs that could not be met elsewhere and provide meaning where none could be found, resulted in deference to the truths of theology.

scholarly journals Care and disposal of the remains of stillborn babies from the parents’ perspective in Taiwan: A phenomenological study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jui-Chiung Sun ◽  
Wenmay Rei ◽  
Min-Yu Chang ◽  
Shuh-Jen Sheu
Keyword(s):  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Traumatic Experience ◽  
Nursing Assessment ◽  
Treatment Practices ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
Actual Care ◽  
Psychosocial Effect ◽  
Emerging Themes ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract Background Each year, 2.6 million of pregnancies end as stillbirth. Recent literature began to understand parents’ traumatic experience in stillbirth and its profound impact on parents’ mental health and psychosocial effect. But there is little understanding on the actual care and disposal of the stillborn baby, nor is there an agreement on how hospitals should care for the stillborn baby to mitigate parents’ profound loss. The purpose of this study is to understand parents’ perspective on hospital’s care for their stillborn babies, hoping to make suggestions on how can hospitals improve their care to mitigate parents’ grieves. Methods A descriptive phenomenological approach was adopted and twenty couples (40 individuals) who had to decide how to care for the remains of their stillborn babies participated in the study. The data were collected through in-depth interviews, which involved semi-structured and open-ended questions. The phenomenological methods of Giorgi were applied to analyze the data. Results Parents felt unprepared and lack of support when they had to handle their stillborn babies’ remains. The research results revealed two major themes: 1) Handling stillborn babies remain ignorantly; 2) Pacifying the disturbed soul on both sides. Given stillbirth’s profound implication for parents’ identity and psychosocial role, hospitals need to be more sensitive and proactive to parents’ cultural and religious needs when they care for stillborn baby and handle its body. Conclusions It was found in the study that reflection and identification were the emerging themes, which can enable healthcare professionals to understand parents’ concerns in a meaningful way, as they deal with the remains of stillborn babies. Moreover, it is hoped that hospital administration and health care personnel should consider stillborn parents’ concerns and incorporate their needs into nursing assessment and treatment practices.

scholarly journals Interdisciplinary Computing: An Epistemological Examination and Proposed PLOs

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Antoine Melki ◽  
Amine Bitar
Keyword(s):  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
Career Opportunities ◽  
Data Source ◽  
The Common ◽  
Emerging Themes

The increase in the number of institutions offering degrees in interdis ciplinary computing raises a set of questions at the epistemological level. A set of questions is raised: is any integration of computing with some other field a representation of interdisciplinarity? What are the limits of enabling? What are the requirements of integration? Does the product of interdisciplinary computing remain computer science? These questions are urgent and answers should be provided especially that the number of such degrees is increasing accompanied by a growing demand on these jobs, as reflected on jobs and opportunities websites. A definition for interdisciplinary computing is needed. This paper attempts to answer these questions based on the huge literature available on interdisciplinarity in general, and interdisciplinary computing in specific. Special reference to career opportunities will be made. The study will be completed using document analysis examining the related documents as the data source of a qualitative research. A phenomenological study will be used to understand the meaning different schools are appropriating to interdisciplinarity. Enough documents will be consulted to extract the common themes and build a sufficient data set of emerging themes to validate the findings. While the phenomenological study aims at describing the essence interdisciplinary computing, grounded theory methods will be used to formulate a definition. As a result of this study is expected to better inform on the design and understanding of how different schools are managing their offering.Some explanatory, exploratory, or descriptive case study involving multiple types of data sources will be explored to acquire a deep understanding and provide support of the findings. The paper concludes with a proposed set of PLOs for interdisciplinary computing and reflecting its educational aspects and respecting technical norms.

Associations Between Individuals and Classes in Groups of Different Size in a Population of Western Gray Kangaroos, Macropus-Fuliginosus

1990 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 551 ◽  
Author(s):  
GW Arnold ◽  
DE Steven ◽  
A Grassia
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Social Structure ◽  
Group Size ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Single Linkage ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
Single Linkage Cluster ◽  
The Times ◽  
Linkage Cluster

Associations between different classes of animals, and between individuals, were analysed in a population of 150-170 western grey kangaroos living in a 300-ha remnant of wandoo woodland and adjacent farmland. The commonest group size was one, and 71% of groups were of three or fewer individuals. Females with juveniles at foot were seen in a significantly different distribution of group sizes than females without juveniles, or males. The associations between classes in groups of 2, 3 and 4 changed with the size of group. In groups of two, but not in groups of three and four, males were seen together more frequently than expected. Females without juveniles at foot associated with their peers more frequently than expected in groups of two and three, but those with juveniles at foot associated with their peers less frequently than expected. Other associations between classes were significantly different from expectation. About 70% of the sub-adult and adult animals were individually identifiable by numbered collars. The highest frequency of association of one individual with another was less than 40% of the times the two were seen on the same night. However, nearly all individuals had statistically significant associations with one or more individual in each year, and dissociations with others. The associations did not persist from year to year. The overall group social structure, as shown by single-linkage cluster analysis, was for individuals to associate with others of the same sex, although sub-adults were more generally associated with adult females. The overall level of association was lower in males than in females and juveniles.

Spatial association and social behaviour in zoo-living female ring-tailed coatis (Nasua nasua)

Behaviour ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 144 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filippo Aureli ◽  
Teresa Romero
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Spatial Association ◽  
Wild Populations ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Aggressive Interactions ◽  
Nasua Nasua ◽  
Carnivore Species ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
Opposite Sex ◽  
Association Data

AbstractMost carnivore species are solitary and tend not to associate either with members of the same sex or with the opposite sex. In contrast, coati adult females and juveniles live in stable groups, called 'bands'. Coatis display complex cooperative behaviours, and their bands resemble primate female-bonded societies in various features. In this study we examined spatial association patterns among zoo-living ring-tailed coatis and related it to the patterns of affiliative and aggressive interactions. We found that coati females did not associate or interact with one another randomly. A cluster analysis on spatial association data revealed two main subunits, the size and composition of which were the same in two observation periods. Furthermore, the distribution of affiliative and aggressive interactions of the coatis reflected patterns of spatial association. Affiliative behaviour was more frequent between members of the same subunit than between members of different subunits, whereas aggressive interactions were more frequent between subunits than within subunits. We discuss the implications of these findings for coati social organisation suggesting that the two subunits may reflect the potential for subgroup formation and fission-fusion dynamics in wild populations.

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