scholarly journals Outdoor Therapy: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Examining the Lived-Experience, Embodied, and Therapeutic Process through Interpersonal Process Recall

Sports ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 182
Author(s):  
Heidi Schwenk
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Therapeutic Process ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Interpersonal Process ◽  
Embodied Experience ◽  
Interpersonal Process Recall ◽  
Constructive Dialogue

This research explores an innovative methodology for understanding the process and practice of UK-based outdoor therapists. Recent studies address the need to expand circles of knowledge, and capture the lived-experience of outdoor practitioners to examine the ‘altered’ therapeutic process and frame. Interpersonal process recall (IPR) methodology offers a nuanced and contextualised lived-experience of outdoor therapists. IPR includes three phases: (1) initial-interview; (2) post-session-reflective-recording; and (3) an IPR-interview to replay and explore the participants’ recorded reflections of the outdoor therapy session. The sample included three UK-based outdoor therapists. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used to qualitatively analyze the data. The study presents the theme of ‘transitional landscapes—transitional thinking’, which explores the embodied experience, the parallel process between the client and therapist, and watching for drift. The findings provide insight for training and supervision and generates constructive dialogue amongst outdoor therapists. The research supports IPR as a methodology offering participant and researcher experiential and reflective positions. Parallels are drawn in relation to existing research, literature, and contemporary professional issues surrounding outdoor therapy as a mental health treatment.

scholarly journals In Search of the Recognition of Expatriate Complexity: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Psychotherapy Experience

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mojca Filipic Sterle ◽  
Lesley Verhofstadt ◽  
Pam Bell ◽  
Jan De Mol
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Multicultural Counselling

Expatriates experiencing emotional distress and a call for globally oriented psychotherapy receive an increased focus in the research agendas. That one may better understand how expatriates may be helped in times of distress, the insight in their actual psychotherapy experience may serve as a valuable avenue. The aim of this qualitative study was to illuminate the lived experience of psychotherapy and the meaning that expatriates attributed to these experiences within their expatriate context. Semi-structured interviews were utilized for the data collection and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was employed for data analysis. The following themes emerged from the expatriates’ narratives about their psychotherapy experience: “The recognition of the expatriate complexity,” “Personal growth vs Dependency,” “Endurance vs Change,” “The globally minded therapist,” and “Language makes or breaks.” The overall common psychotherapy experience was expatriates’ considerable need to get the recognition of their expatriate complexity in a global context. Findings are discussed in relation to the existing expatriate and multicultural counselling literature taking into account the importance of cultural aspects in mental health treatment. The current study presents a unique and important contribution in the field of expatriate mental health as it highlights the psychotherapy experience that can be valuable for professionals in various settings offering psychological support.

Living with Heart Failure during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 105477382110166
Author(s):  
Alessia Martina Trenta ◽  
Davide Ausili ◽  
Rosario Caruso ◽  
Cristina Arrigoni ◽  
Massimo Moro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Hospital Organization ◽  
Challenging Situation ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Negative Feelings

This study aimed to explore lived experience of patients with heart failure (HF) during the COVID-19 pandemic. A qualitative study was conducted using an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Data collection performed in March-May 2020, using in-depth, semi-structured interviews on a purposive sample. Data were analyzed according to the IPA methodology, and triangulation, bracketing, journaling, and member checking were used to assure rigor. 14 patients with HF were enrolled, and three main themes described their lived experience during the COVID-19 pandemic: Vulnerability, Hanging in the balance, and Coping strategies. These people felt particularly vulnerable to the novel virus and experienced uncertainty due to hospital organization changes. Because of this, they felt like they were hanging in the balance, experiencing various negative feelings. Nevertheless, they managed to deal with this challenging situation by implementing some peculiar coping strategies. The COVID-19 represents a significant challenge for patients with HF, impacting significantly on their lives.

Combining interpretative phenomenological analysis and existential hermeneutic phenomenology to reveal critical moments of managerial lived experience: a methodological guide

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenka Jedličková ◽  
Michal Müller ◽  
Dagmar Halová ◽  
Tereza Cserge
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenology ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Managerial Practice ◽  
Interpretative Framework ◽  
Critical Moments

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to offer a complete guide to a qualitative method for capturing critical moments of managerial practice that combines interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) and existential hermeneutic phenomenology (EHP).Design/methodology/approachThis article is based on the findings of extensive research and describes in detail the specific steps that must be taken for complete replication of research. The research uses methods of IPA and critically develops the EHP framework with an emphasis on the analysis of interpersonal relationships.FindingsDepending on the testing of the research method in practice, the article evaluates the IPA-EHP method as suitable for the research on critical moments of managerial lived experience, considering the causes of the crisis.Originality/valueThis article is based on demand from academics who would like to use this method to analyse managerial practice. Especially now, at a time associated with a number of challenging events, such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, qualitative research is gaining in importance, even in management science. The original interpretative framework based on the phenomenology of Fink and Patočka is appropriate in this respect.

“Intertwined Lives”

2022 ◽  
pp. 1486-1508
Author(s):  
Shyamani Hettiarachchi ◽  
Gopi Kitnasamy ◽  
Dilani Gopi ◽  
Fathima Shamra Nizar
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Sibling Relationships ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Kinetic Family Drawings ◽  
Young Children With Disabilities ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
Parenting Role

Sibling relationships are complex and unique, often spanning a range of deep emotions. The experiences of children with disabilities and their siblings are arguably seldom documented, particularly in the Global South. The aim of this chapter was to uncover the narratives of young children with disabilities and their siblings in Sri Lanka. Ten dyads of children with disabilities and their siblings and one quartet of siblings were included in this study. Opportunities were offered to the participants to engage in conversation aided by kinetic family drawings. An interview guide was used to support this process. The participant data were analyzed through the lens of the “lived experience” of family dynamics in the tradition of interpretative phenomenological analysis. This chapter will discuss the two complex broad themes of a surrogate parenting role and normative sibling relationships, which at times converge and at times diverge.

An interpretative phenomenological analysis of dignity in people with multiple sclerosis

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 686-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarína Žiaková ◽  
Juraj Čáp ◽  
Michaela Miertová ◽  
Elena Gurková ◽  
Radka Kurucová
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Fighting Spirit ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Using Data

Background: Dignity is a fundamental concept in healthcare. The symptoms of multiple sclerosis have a negative effect on dignity. Understanding of lived experience of dignity in people with multiple sclerosis is crucial to support dignity in practice. Research aim: The aim was to explore the sense of dignity experienced by people with multiple sclerosis. Research design and participants: An interpretative phenomenological analysis design was adopted, using data collected through face-to-face interviews with 14 participants. Ethical considerations: The study was approved by the faculty Ethical Committee (No. EC 1828/2016). Findings: Four interconnected superordinate themes emerged from analysis: Loss of a fully-fledged life: Violating the dignity-of-self; To accept and fight: Promoting the dignity-of-self; Contempt and rudeness: Indignity-in-relation; and Those who know and see, help: Promoting dignity-in-relation. The loss of former fully-fledged life has a dramatic impact on integrity and impaired dignity-of-self. Accepting illness and changed identity impaired by multiple sclerosis was the step that the participants considered to be important for reacquiring the sense of dignity. The participants encountered misunderstandings, prejudices, embarrassment, insensitive remarks, labelling, unwillingness and impersonal treatment as indignities. Acceptance of their condition, needed support, the feeling of being part of a group, sensitivity and the sharing of problems had a positive effect on their dignity. Discussion: Continual changes in functional ability threaten an individual’s identity and were experienced as violations of dignity. Based on this, participant’s dignity-of-self was not a moral, but much more existential value. Acceptance of changed identity and fighting spirit were important for restoring their dignity-of-self. The misunderstandings, prejudices and unwillingness had a negative impact on their dignity-in-relation. On the other side, support from others in fighting promoted their dignity-in-relation. Conclusion: Dignity is manifested as a complex phenomenon of lived experience of people with multiple sclerosis and also an umbrella concept for providing good quality of person-centred care.

Exploring the lived experience of acquiring life skills with congenital total blindness: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-239
Author(s):  
Errol Ingram ◽  
Pat Dorsett ◽  
Kym Macfarlane
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Life Skill ◽  
Skills Acquisition ◽  
Total Blindness

This phenomenological study explored how individual young adults understood their lived experience of acquiring life skills with congenital total blindness (CTB). Four young adults with CTB, and five parents of the young adults, participated in the study. In depth, semi-structured interviews were used to gather information from the research participants. The interviews were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Five superordinate themes emerged from the IPA: (1) life skills acquisition as ‘a means to an end’, (2) appraising life skills acquisition, (3) acquiring disability-specific skills, (4) reaching adulthood with life skill gaps, and (5) making sense of independence. The findings revealed that the young adults had reached adulthood with significant gaps in their acquisition of basic life skills. This indicates that more needs to be done, to improve the efficacy and meaning of life skill acquisition programmes provided in childhood and adolescence, to young people living with CTB.

scholarly journals “I need somebody who knows about feet” a qualitative study investigating the lived experiences of conservative treatment for patients with posterior tibial tendon dysfunction

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rona Frances Campbell ◽  
Christopher Morriss-Roberts ◽  
Beverley Durrant ◽  
Simon Cahill
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Posterior Tibial Tendon ◽  
Treatment Burden ◽  
Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction ◽  
Patient Journey ◽  
Posterior Tibial ◽  
The Common

Abstract Background Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction is a disabling, chronic, progressive tendon condition that detrimentally affects foot, ankle and lower limb function. Research suggests that posterior tibial tendon dysfunction is poorly recognised and difficult to treat. When posterior tibial tendon dysfunction is diagnosed, the clinician is faced with a weak evidence base and guidelines for the common conservative treatments to guide their management. Moreover, there are no current evidence-based guidelines for the conservative management of posterior tibial tendon dysfunction. Emerging research suggests that posterior tibial tendon dysfunction not only has a physical impact on the patient, but it also has psychosocial impact on quality of life. Conservative treatments for posterior tibial tendon dysfunction are generally undertaken during early management. The most common are foot orthoses, exercises, bracing, lifestyle changes and injections. Quantitative evidence supporting conservative treatments for posterior tibial tendon dysfunction in relation to function, pain and patient reported outcome measures are reported in the literature. There is a paucity of qualitative research investigating the psychosocial impact of the common treatments for posterior tibial tendon dysfunction. Interpretative phenomenology is concerned with lived experience which is involves the detailed exploration of experience which is embedded within the social and temporal contexts of the lifeworld of the person. The aim of study research is to investigate the lived experience of conservative treatments for patients who have posterior tibial tendon dysfunction using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Methods Five participants with posterior tibial tendon dysfunction were purposively recruited from a private podiatry practice and semi-structured interviews were conducted to examine their lived experiences of treatment for posterior tibial tendon dysfunction. The data for this study was collected and analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Results This research identified three superordinate themes which influenced the lived experience of treatment for these patients (i) adverse experience during the patient journey (ii) treatment burden, and (iii) negative self-concept. Conclusion This study highlights some of what is anecdotally known about the lived experience of treatment for patients with posterior tibial tendon dysfunction, but has never been studied in a qualitative, methodological manner. This study addresses the gap in the qualitative literature. It reveals novel aspects of the lived experience throughout the patient journey, the detrimental impact of treatment burden, loss and negative self-concept. This evidence is important because it highlights the need for a greater understanding of the psychological and social factors that can influence the lived experience of treatment for this group of patients.

scholarly journals Caring for people with severe myalgic encephalomyelitis: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of parents’ experiences

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 2824-2837 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Mihelicova ◽  
Zachary Siegel ◽  
Meredyth Evans ◽  
Abigail Brown ◽  
Leonard Jason
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Identity Change ◽  
Guilt Feeling ◽  
Parents Experiences

Experiences of parents who care for sons or daughters with severe myalgic encephalomyelitis are rarely discussed within the literature. Narratives of parent–carers in Lost Voices from a Hidden Illness were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. This study aimed to give voices to those who care for individuals with myalgic encephalomyelitis and are often stigmatized and inform future research supporting parent–carers. Results included themes of identity change, guilt, feeling like outsiders, uncertainty, changing perceptions of time, coping mechanisms, and improvement/symptom management. Findings could inform the development of carer-focused interventions and provide vital information to health professionals about parent–carers’ lived experience.

An interpretative phenomenological analysis exploring the lived experience of individuals dying from terminal cancer in Ireland

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 641-651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kara McTiernan ◽  
Michael O'Connell
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Emotional Labor ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Terminal Illness ◽  
Social Withdrawal ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Terminal Cancer ◽  
Unfinished Business ◽  
The Public ◽  
Personal Impact

AbstractObjective:The experience of living with dying has attracted limited research. We utilized interpretive phenomenological analysis to explore the lived experience of individuals with terminal cancer receiving palliative care in Ireland.Method:Participants were purposely selected from public interviews that had been conducted between 2006 and 2011. The study included the accounts of eight participants (N = 8; six females and two males) with a diagnosis of terminal cancer. Participant ages ranged from 36 to 68 years.Results:Three master themes emerged from the analysis: the personal impact of diagnosis, the struggle in adjusting to change, and dying in context. The results revealed that participants were still living while simultaneously dying. Interestingly, participants did not ascribe new meaning to their lives. The terminal illness was understood within the framework of the life that had existed before diagnosis. They strove to maintain their normal routines and continued to undertake meaningful activities. Management of unfinished business and creation of a legacy were salient tasks. Social withdrawal was not present; rather, participants engaged in emotional labor to sustain valued roles. However, we found that within the public domain there is a paucity of education and discourse supporting individuals at the end of life. The hospice was noted as an important external resource. Each participant experienced a unique dying process that reflected their context.Significance of Results:Healthcare professionals need to recognize the subjectivity of the dying process. Dying individuals require support and options to maintain their personhood.

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