The Last Glance: How Aesthetic Observation of Corpses Facilitates Detachment in Grief Work

2020 ◽  
pp. 105413732093359
Author(s):  
Ines Testoni ◽  
Alessia Zielo ◽  
Chiara Schiavo ◽  
Erika Iacona
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Continuing Bonds ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Grief Work ◽  
Conspiracy Of Silence ◽  
New Form

Following a ritual perspective, the paper identifies a new form of ritual concerning the corpse, which could facilitate separation and allow the living to look at the deceased without disgust. In order to explore the effect of thanato-aesthetic interventions, the experience of the last glance of the bereaved at their deceased loved ones was analyzed. Twenty interviews were performed in three morgues, and thematic analysis was utilized. The aim was to illustrate how post-mortem grief may be affected by aesthetic manipulation of the corpse and ways in which the bereaved relocate their beloveds. The fundamental hypothesis is that the facilitation of concrete contact with the corpse may assist mourners to detach from the deceased. From the qualitative analysis, three areas of meaning prevalence emerged: Kübler-Ross phases of grief work and the conspiracy of silence; immortality and continuing bonds; and the effects of thanato-aesthetic interventions.

scholarly journals Longing for Independence, Yet Depending on Family Support: A Qualitative Analysis of Psychosocial Adaptation of Iranian International Students in Hungary

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 164
Author(s):  
Sara Hosseini-Nezhad ◽  
Saba Safdar ◽  
Lan Anh Nguyen Luu
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Psychosocial Adaptation ◽  
Intercultural Interactions ◽  
Iranian Students ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Intercultural Experiences

International students experience psychosocial changes in response to their new environment, and their psychosocial adaptation is facilitated or hindered by various factors. This study aimed to examine the intercultural experiences of Iranian international students in Hungary. In-depth interviews were conducted with 20 Iranian students in Budapest, Hungary, and a thematic analysis employed to discern and interpret themes within the data. The thematic analysis identified three overarching themes: (1) Sojourn’s Experience as Self-Growth, (2) Uncertainty in Intercultural Interactions, and (3) Striving for Autonomous-Related Self. The data reported that Iranian students experienced more happiness in Hungary than sadness, and their motivation to live independently in Hungary while depending on family support acted as buffers against any negative psychological feelings. The findings of this study underline the significance of independence and family support as the influencing factors for psychosocial adaptation of Iranian students.

scholarly journals ‘Will polar bears melt?’ A qualitative analysis of children’s questions about climate change

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (8) ◽  
pp. 868-880
Author(s):  
Katharine Lee ◽  
Julie Barnett
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Science Fiction ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Polar Bears ◽  
Climate Zone ◽  
The Future

Climate change poses a grave threat to future generations, yet relatively little research examines children’s understandings of the issue. This study examines the questions children ask about climate change – rather than their answers to adults’ questions – exploring whether their questions suggest they view climate change as psychologically proximal or distant. Children aged 10–12 from 14 UK schools took part in an online event, asking scientists questions in a ‘climate zone’. The questions were analysed using thematic analysis. The themes related to the nature and reality of climate change, its causes, impacts, and solutions. Participants seemed most exercised about the future impacts of and ways of ameliorating climate change, with some questions evoking science-fiction disaster imagery. The contents of participants’ questions elucidated the ways in which they position climate change as both a proximal and distant phenomenon.

scholarly journals Active-Offer Nurse-Led PrEP (PrEP-RN) Referrals: Analysis of Uptake Rates and Reasons for Declining

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 1281-1289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick O’Byrne ◽  
Lauren Orser ◽  
Marlene Haines
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Prevention Strategy ◽  
Perceptions Of Risk ◽  
Uptake Rates ◽  
Exposure Prophylaxis

AbstractWhile pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective HIV prevention strategy, its uptake is limited. To address barriers, we piloted a nurse-led PrEP clinic in an STI clinic and had public health nurses refer patients during STI follow-up. We recorded the number of PrEP offers and declines and clinic uptake. We conducted a thematic analysis of patients’ responses from nursing notes written at the time patients declined PrEP. From August 6, 2018 to August 5, 2019, nurses offered a PrEP referral to 261 patients who met our criteria; only 47.5% accepted. Qualitative analysis identified four themes: (1) perceptions of risk, (2) lack of interest, (3) inability to manage, and (4) concerns about PrEP. Our patients did not feel sufficiently at-risk for HIV to use PrEP and maintained that PrEP was for a reckless “other”. This analysis sheds light on how assumptions about risk affect PrEP uptake, particularly among those at-risk for HIV.

scholarly journals Great Expectations: A Qualitative Analysis of the Factors That Influence Affective Forecasts for Exercise

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda J. Calder ◽  
Elaine A. Hargreaves ◽  
Ken Hodge
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Exercise Intensity ◽  
Moderate Intensity ◽  
Exercise Session ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Moderate Intensity Exercise ◽  
Great Expectations ◽  
Exercise Participation ◽  
Exercise Environment

The extent to which people expect to feel pleasure during exercise is proposed to influence an individual’s decision to be active. In order to identify the factors that shape this affective forecast for exercise, this study explored what people think about when creating their affective forecast for exercise. Thirty-one inactive participants provided an affective forecast for a moderate intensity exercise session using the global affective forecast questionnaire. Immediately after, they were asked a series of questions to verbally explain what they were thinking about in order to generate their forecast. Thematic analysis identified four themes relating to the exercise intensity, the exercise outcomes, the exercise environment, and the enjoyment of exercise that influenced affective forecast creation. Exercise practitioners should design strategies to manipulate these factors, and structure exercise environments to support a positive affective forecast and better motivate exercise participation.

Extraordinary Experiences of the Bereaved and Adaptive Outcomes of Grief

2005 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie S. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Individual Case ◽  
Continuing Bonds ◽  
Causal Network ◽  
Grief Work ◽  
Extraordinary Experiences ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Study Support ◽  
Case Data

A multiple case questionnaire/interview study was used to investigate Extraordinary Experiences (EEs) reported by bereaved individuals. Its purpose was to describe the grief processes of 12 bereaved individuals who had reported EEs. Content analysis consisted of a series of individual case data displays and causal networks from which an overall causal network that described participants' grief processes was derived. Despite some ongoing grief work and complicated grief patterns, 11 participants had reached an adaptive grief outcome. For these individuals, EEs played specific roles and fulfilled specific needs within and outside of the context of bereavement. EEs also facilitated the assimilation/accommodation of death by reinforcing participants' “personal mythologies” regarding death and an after-life. The findings of this study support the emerging model of grief that posits that maintaining continuing bonds with the deceased can be adaptive. They also support the assertion that spiritual and/or religious belief systems are associated with adaptive outcomes of grief.

scholarly journals How New and Expecting Fathers Engage With an App-Based Online Forum: Qualitative Analysis (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Becky K White ◽  
Roslyn C Giglia ◽  
Jane A Scott ◽  
Sharyn K Burns
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Software Package ◽  
Perinatal Period ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Informational Support ◽  
Online Forum ◽  
Support Provision ◽  
Paternal Support

BACKGROUND Breastfeeding is important for infants, and fathers are influential in supporting their partner in their decision to breastfeed and how long they breastfeed for. Fathers can feel excluded from traditional antenatal education and support opportunities but highly value social support from peers. Online health forums can be a useful source of social support, yet little is known about how fathers would use a conversation forum embedded in a breastfeeding-focused app. Milk Man is a mobile app that aimed to increase paternal support for breastfeeding using a range of strategies, including a conversation forum. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine how fathers used a breastfeeding-focused conversation forum contained within a mobile app throughout the perinatal period. METHODS A qualitative analysis of comments posted by users in the online forum contained within the Milk Man app was conducted. The app contained a library of information for fathers, as well as a conversation forum. Thematic analysis was used to organize and understand the data. The NVivo 11 software package was used to code comments into common nodes, which were then organized into key themes. RESULTS In all, 208 contributors (35.5% [208/586] of those who had access to the app) posted at least once within the forum. In total, 1497 comments were included for analysis. These comments were coded to 3799 individual nodes and then summarized to 54 tree nodes from which four themes emerged to describe how fathers used the app. Themes included seek and offer support, social connection, informational support provision, and sharing experiences. Posting in the forum was concentrated in the antenatal period and up to approximately 6 weeks postpartum. CONCLUSIONS These data show that fathers are prepared to use a breastfeeding-focused online forum in a variety of ways to facilitate social support. Fathers can be difficult to reach in the perinatal period, yet engaging them and increasing social support is important. This research demonstrates the acceptability of an innovative way of engaging new and expecting fathers.

scholarly journals It’s Just Steam: a qualitative analysis of New Zealand ENDS users’ perceptions of secondhand aerosol

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerri Haggart ◽  
Lindsay Robertson ◽  
Mei-Ling Blank ◽  
Lucy Popova ◽  
Janet Hoek
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Secondhand Smoke ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Sensory Experiences ◽  
Clean Air ◽  
Former Smokers ◽  
Free Area

IntroductionMany smokers who begin using electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) report vaping in settings where they would not have smoked and believe secondhand aerosol (SHA) is simply steam. However, current understanding of how ENDS users differentiate between secondhand smoke and SHA, or how vaping norms develop, is limited.MethodsWe conducted in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 39 current ENDS users (dual users and former smokers, now exclusive ENDS users) from New Zealand to explore participants’ perceptions of SHA. We probed how these perceptions arose and examined implications for vaping practices and policy. We managed the data using NVivo V.11 and used a thematic analysis approach to interpret the transcripts.ResultsParticipants had limited understanding of SHA, its constituents or its possible effects on others. They drew on the absence of harm information, and their sensory experiences and perceptions of others’ views of vaping, to support the conclusion that SHA posed few, if any, risks to bystanders. Yet despite this perception, some felt they should recognise others’ rights to clean air and most would not vape around children to avoid setting an example.ConclusionsIn the absence of trusted information, participants used sensory heuristics to rationalise their ENDS practices. Policy-makers face the challenge of correcting misperceptions about SHA without deterring full transition from smoking to ENDS use. They could consider including vaping in current smoke-free area policies; this measure would signal that SHA is not harmless, and could protect clean-air settings and reduce potential normalisation of vaping among non-smokers.

scholarly journals Learning to Do Qualitative Data Analysis: A Starting Point

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Nina Lester ◽  
Yonjoo Cho ◽  
Chad R. Lochmiller
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Common Practices ◽  
Qualitative Analyses

Given the vast and diverse qualitative analytic landscape, what might be a generative starting point for researchers who desire to learn how to produce quality qualitative analyses? This question is particularly relevant to researchers new to the field and practice of qualitative research and instructors and mentors who regularly introduce students to qualitative research practices. In this article, we seek to offer what we view as a useful starting point for learning how to do qualitative analysis. We begin by discussing briefly the general landscape of qualitative research methodologies and methods. To contextualize our suggestions, we review the qualitative analytic practices commonly used within human resource development (HRD). Following this, we describe thematic analysis in more detail, including why we believe it is a particularly useful analytic approach to consider when first learning about qualitative analysis. We share seven common practices or important considerations for carrying out a thematic analysis and conclude by highlighting key considerations for assuring quality when conducting a thematic analysis.

How do you think about stress? A qualitative analysis of beliefs about stress

2020 ◽  
pp. 135910532092654
Author(s):  
Christopher Jon Kilby ◽  
Kerry A Sherman ◽  
Viviana Wuthrich
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Delphi Study ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
Undergraduate Psychology

This qualitative study aimed to identify common stress beliefs. Undergraduate psychology students ( N = 35) completed semi-structured interviews discussing the sensations, causes, purpose, valence, consequences, control, and timeline of stress. Interviews were analysed via double-coded thematic analysis employing a latent, inductive, and realist framework. Five themes (cognition, emotion, physical health, interpersonal relations, and behaviour) and 17 subthemes were identified. Themes and subthemes were validated in a Delphi study of experts in stress research ( N = 14). Many of these identified beliefs have not been incorporated into current measures of stress beliefs, suggesting the need for new approaches to measuring this construct.

scholarly journals Experiences of Parental Suicide-Bereavement: A Longitudinal Qualitative Analysis Over Two Years

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 564
Author(s):  
Lorenza Entilli ◽  
Victoria Ross ◽  
Diego De Leo ◽  
Sabrina Cipolletta ◽  
Kairi Kõlves
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Dual Process ◽  
Sense Making ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
Parental Suicide ◽  
Suicide Bereavement

Limited research exists on the experiences of parents bereaved by suicide. Our earlier qualitative analysis examined the experiences of parents’ suicide bereavement at 6 and 12 months after their loss. The current study aimed to extend the analysis over 24 months, outlining the key themes of parents’ suicide bereavement experience. In the frames of a longitudinal study of suicide bereavement in Queensland, Australia, parents were interviewed at 6, 12, and 24 months after their loss. Thematic analysis was used to further explore new themes and three key themes identified in earlier analyses: searching for answers and sense-making, coping strategies and support, and finding meaning and purpose. Results at 24 months revealed a clearer differentiation between strategies adopted by mothers and fathers. Anger and blame had changed towards feelings of depression. A polarization was observed between parents still oscillating in brooding rumination and those who have shifted towards sense-making. The former more frequently reported depression symptoms, and the latter reported a more positive attitude towards life and acceptance of their loss. Consistent with the dual-process model, parents managed to reach acceptance after oscillating between sense-making and meaning making. Findings provide insights how suicide loss affects parents, with implications for postvention.

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