Medical yoga: Another way of being in the world—A phenomenological study from the perspective of persons suffering from stress-related symptoms

This research project explored grief and its impact upon men and women who have experienced the sudden and unanticipated death of his or her partner. It included what grief meant to them, how it was manifested in his or her everyday lives and how his or her partner's death had impacted upon his or her relationship with themselves, with others and the world. A Husserlian phenomenological approach was used to explore the experiences of the ten women and five men whose partner had died up to five years prior to being interviewed. The need for the surviving partner to continue to participate in everyday life placed great strain upon the internal resources of the surviving partner. The surviving partner needed to reinvent him or herself, in an attempt to become independent and regain functionality, whilst dealing with the sadness and loss that they had experienced. The surviving partner discovered that a new life order emerged that included hope, optimism, planning for the future and perhaps the prospect of a new relationship. The death of a partner left the surviving partner with a loss that would always be a part of them, with the memories of his or her relationship being maintained within them that will never be replaced by somebody else. The results of this research project reinforce the need for ongoing education of the community in grief and bereavement issues in order to increase the awareness of the support needs of the bereaved person. The length of time and amount of energy required to incorporate the experience into the survivor's life, is greatly underestimated by the community, and perhaps by some of the health and caring professionals. Colonial and hospital based bereavement support services need to be established and be proactive using outreach programs, actively offering the suddenly bereaved partner and family support and information.

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A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE OF BIOLOGY IN A SWEDISH COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL

Journal of Phenomenological Psychology ◽

10.1163/15691620051090960 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 155-187 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Roger Sages ◽

Piotr Szybek

Keyword(s):

Everyday Life ◽

Natural Science ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Transcendental Phenomenology ◽

Comprehensive School ◽

School Subject ◽

School Knowledge ◽

The World

AbstractA text written by a student in a Swedish comprehensive school, during a Biology test, is analyzed using a method based on Husserl's transcendental phenomenology. The method is presented in the article. The analysis results in an explicitation of horizons, which enables an access to the lifeworld (Lebenswelt) opened by the text. In this case, the interplay of school Biology (the school subject Biology) and "everyday life" is visible. The meaning constituted in the encounter with school Biology seems to lack natural science aspects. The visible aspects pertain to the bodily situatedness of a student in school and to the character of school knowledge. The world as constituted by school Biology seems to be a place of disembedded, general people where school is a place of non-learning.

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Pre-Service English Teachers’ Narrative Identity

Journal of Education Culture and Society ◽

10.15503/jecs2020.1.92.101 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 92-101

Author(s):

Ömer Gökhan ULUM

Keyword(s):

Professional Identity ◽

Teacher Candidates ◽

Narrative Identity ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Personal Constructs ◽

Phenomenological Inquiry ◽

English As Foreign Language ◽

Efl Teachers ◽

The World ◽

Practicum Experiences

Aim. This phenomenological study probes the experiences of pre-service English as Foreign Language (EFL) teachers in the practicum process. Thus, this paper aims at bringing a light to the effects of practicum experiences of pre-service EFL teachers on their professional identity. Methods. Based upon a narrative identity method, this phenomenological inquiry examines the experiences of pre-service EFL teachers (N= 20) in their practicum. A one-shot question was directed to the informants with the aim of clarifying their personal constructs. Results. Practicum has got a significant role in education faculties all over the world. The theories applied in teaching practicum are quite common and universal. However, the practices utilised in practicum may show variations among education faculties. Further, the practicum content, and the characteristics of teacher candidates and supervisors may cause practicum to be carried out in diverse ways. The practicum aspect of pre-service teacher education is contemporarily given significant emphasis all around the world. Further, the exact theory of practicum and the desired outcomes of the related practices are relatively identical in education faculties throughout the world. Nonetheless, the practicum practices represent diversities among institutions. Yet, the characteristics and experiences of pre-service teachers may lead the practicum to be carried out in diverse ways in dissimilar contexts. Conclusion. The results of the study suggest that teacher candidates developed both positive and negative cognitive constructs during their practicum. Related implications are provided to overcome the problems encountered during practicum, as well as to suggest ways to develop EFL pre-service teachers’ practicum process. Keywords: EFL teachers, pre-service EFL teachers, practicum, narrative identity, professional identity

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VIRTUAL TOUR: TOURISM COMMUNICATION MEDIA DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN INDONESIA

Profetik Jurnal Komunikasi ◽

10.14421/pjk.v14i1.2102 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 135

Author(s):

Irwan Irwan ◽

Evi Novianti

Keyword(s):

Digital Media ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Communication Media ◽

Virtual Tour ◽

Tourism Sector ◽

The World ◽

Qualitative Descriptive ◽

Tourism Destinations ◽

Descriptive Method ◽

New Strategies

The covid-19 outbreak that currently hits Indonesia and the world has remained the community to be active to anticipate the spread of this virus. This condition certainly has an impact on tourism destinations and also stakeholders in the tourism sector with no tourist visits in the destination. To face these conditions related to The Covid-19 pandemic, tourism actors must start aggressively looking for new strategies to survive and rise from adversity. Switching to digital media and making new innovations in digital use is considered to be the most suitable choice during this pandemic. One of the digital innovations that can be made by tourism actors is creating a virtual tour. Virtual tours provide the sensation of traveling for tourists without having to leave the house so that they can prevent the spread of this virus. By using a qualitative descriptive method, this research is a phenomenological study that tries to find out about the perceptions of these virtual tourists in experiencing the virtual tour as a tourism communication medium during the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia. As a result, even though they cannot feel the sensation and satisfaction of carrying out real tourism activities, virtual tour phenomena activities are quite enough to foster people's to be able to travel again when the conditions are back to normal.

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Efikasi Diri Mahasiswa Bimbingan Konseling Islam dalam Mempersiapkan Karir

Syifaul Qulub: Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam ◽

10.32505/syifaulqulub.v1i1.1812 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 24-32

Author(s):

Intan Maisara ◽

Zulkarnain Zulkarnain ◽

Rizky Andana Pohan

Keyword(s):

Self Efficacy ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Human Life ◽

Counseling Students ◽

The Self ◽

Career Preparation ◽

Future Career ◽

Filling System ◽

System Method ◽

The World

One important component in an individual's life is self-efficacy. Self-efficacy is one aspect of knowledge about self or self-knowledge that is most influential in everyday human life. So that every individual should have good self-efficacy to prepare for a future career. The purpose of this study is to find out how the self-efficacy of IAIN Langsa Islamic counseling guidance students in preparing for a career. The problem examined in this study is how the self-efficacy of IAIN Langsa Islamic counseling guidance students in preparing for a career. In conducting this research researchers used a qualitative method with the type of phenomenological study, the determination of the informants in this study was determined using purposive sampling techniques, in processing the research data using the filling system technique. The filling system method is a method in which the researcher feels that the collected data is sufficient so the analysis is performed. The results of the study showed that the self-efficacy of IAIN Langsa Islamic counseling students in preparing for a career was classified as good. Islamic counseling students already understand what the world of counseling is like, what it works like, and have prepared steps for future career preparation. Scientifically at least Islamic counseling students already have insight into the world of counseling so that it helps students to achieve good self-efficacy

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Infertile Women's Perceptions Of Infertility: A Phenomenological Study Based On Metaphor Analysis

Current Women s Health Reviews ◽

10.2174/1573404817666210223162239 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 ◽

Author(s):

Nurcan Kirca ◽

Aslı Sis Celik

Keyword(s):

Treatment Process ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Psychosocial Problems ◽

Professional Culture ◽

Lottery Ticket ◽

Metaphor Analysis ◽

The World ◽

Women’S Perceptions ◽

As Stress ◽

Anxiety Depression

Backround: Infertility is an increasing health problem which affects 10-15% of couples across the world. Infertility can cause various psychosocial problems such as stress, anxiety, depression, loneliness, social isolation and stigmatization during the diagnosis and treatment process. Objective: The study was designed to reveal what kinds of cognitive images (metaphors) women produce in defining infertility, why they produce them and whether the metaphors produced by them differ depending on their professional culture. Methods: This study is a qualitative research carried out based on metaphor analysis in phenomenology design. The study was conducted with 15 participants. The data were collected by the researcher between May-July 2019. Results: The metaphors revealed by participants on what infertility meant to them, according to their Professional culture, included dry and fruitless tree, a defective human, cube, cactus and rose, empty tin can, hope and snowdrop, orzo, parasite, national lottery ticket, stock market, figures, surprise egg, bird, a slowly filled lake, and a disease that is very difficult to treat for infertility. Conclusion: Metaphors reflect the beliefs, values and norms of individuals. According to the findings, we can understand and comment infertile women’s perceptions on infertility and what the infertility means for them.

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Body consciousness of people with intestinal stomach: A phenomenological study

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0666 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 71 (2) ◽

pp. 391-397 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Antonio Dean Barbosa Marques ◽

Rosendo Freitas de Amorim ◽

Fátima Luna Pinheiro Landim ◽

Thereza Maria Magalhães Moreira ◽

July Grassiely de Oliveira Branco ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Phenomenological Study ◽

Descriptive Study ◽

Qualitative Approach ◽

The State ◽

The Body ◽

Daily Activities ◽

Body Consciousness ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Bodily Awareness ◽

The World

ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the bodily awareness of people with stomies. Method: a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, carried out in the Ostomized Association of the State of Ceará, through semi-structured interviews with ten people with intestinal stomies, according to Merleau-Ponty's phenomenological thinking. Results: two categories of analysis emerged: The body that I have, in which the sensations of deficiency, imperfection and bad odor add to the feeling of strangeness towards one's own body, affecting the way of being in the world of each deponent; and The body that others perceive, in which the stoma is seen as an embarrassing and complex experience, since it hampers daily activities and conviviality with other people. Final considerations: The corporeal consciousness of Being-Stomp-in-the-world requires the movement to reconstruct the senses of the body from the body I have and from that which others perceive.

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Experiences of mothers of disabled children: a phenomenological study

Acta Paulista de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/s0103-21002008000100007 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 46-52 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Maria Angélica Marcheti Barbosa ◽

Massae Noda Chaud ◽

Maria Magda Ferreira Gomes

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Daily Life ◽

Family Members ◽

Phenomenological Approach ◽

Disabled Children ◽

The World ◽

The Disabled ◽

The Impact

OBJECTIVE: To unveil the experiences of mothers of disabled children, with a view to understand the meaning of that experience. METHODS: This is a qualitative study using phenomenological approach based on Heidegger. The study subjects were five mothers with a disabled child. The interviews were performed at the women's homes, guided by the question "To you, what does it mean to have a disabled child? RESULTS: Five categories came into focus: "meeting one's actual infant," "the impact of disability," "treading a new path with one's disabled child," "experiencing maternal altruism in the care of the disabled child," and "altering one's family daily life." CONCLUSIONS: The discourses revealed emotionally moved beings experiencing a painful, sorrowful manner of being-in-the-world. Mothers find themselves unprepared to deal with the experience of having a disabled child, though perceiving the situation as an opportunity for self-encounter. Changes occurred to the couple's dynamics and family members became distant. When seeking guidance from health professionals, the mothers failed to find the necessary support.

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‘Time is our utmost enemy’: First responders’ experiences of ‘While Waiting For the Ambulance’ assignments in rural environments – A phenomenological study

Nordic Journal of Nursing Research ◽

10.1177/20571585211009465 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 205715852110094

Author(s):

Helena Nord-Ljungquist ◽

Åsa Engström ◽

Bengt Fridlund ◽

Carina Elmqvist

Keyword(s):

Phenomenological Study ◽

First Responders ◽

First Aid ◽

Rural Environment ◽

Telephone Interviews ◽

Local Environments ◽

Rural Environments ◽

Interprofessional Training ◽

The World ◽

Need For Support

Firefighters around the world have the ability to provide first aid before ambulance staff arrive. In Sweden, this assignment is called ‘While Waiting For the Ambulance’ (WWFA). There is limited knowledge about WWFA in rural environments, therefore the aim of this study was to describe the WWFA assignment in a rural environment from the perspective of the firefighters and the ambulance staff. A descriptive design was used with a reflective lifeworld approach, including 16 telephone interviews with firefighters and ambulance staff. The COREQ checklist was applied. A directed responsibility emerges towards affected persons with a situation-adapted attitude during alarms in a WWFA assignment. The firefighters and ambulance staff are each other’s support with a simultaneous need for support from involved organisations. To strengthen this support, training is required, consisting of interprofessional training, feedback from relevant organisations about first aid efforts and expansion of WWFA assignments. Finally, there is a need for a more coordinated picture in order to provide better conditions for future action by the organisations involved, with increased opportunities to save lives in individual local environments.

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A Heideggerian Hermeneutics Phenomenological Study On the Lived Experience of Nursing Care Rendered to Postpartum Women During Childbirth

Journal of Gynecology & Reproductive Medicine ◽

10.33140/jgrm.05.01.04 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Care ◽

Pregnant Women ◽

Lived Experience ◽

Health Facility ◽

Nursing Care ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Postpartum Women ◽

Informational Support ◽

The World

Study background: Studies have confirmed that the nurse during the period of delivery would be the deciding factor whether the woman would have a positive or negative birth experience. This experience depends on the quality of nursing care during childbirth. Hence it is important to know their lived experience of nursing care during childbirth. This is because patients’ satisfactory of services rendered is a yardstick for measuring quality of care. However, there is no literature on the lived experience of postpartum women regarding the nursing care rendered to them during childbirth in the context of Ghanaian health system. Accordingly, the objective of the study was to discover postpartum women lived experience of nursing care during childbirth. Methods: Using hermeneutic phenomenological method, this study was conducted on 10 women who had given birth for at least six months from the time of childbirth. A purposive sampling technique was used and data was collected through semi-structured interviews which lasted between 30 to 45 minutes. All participants were made to sign a consent form before participating. Data analysis was done using Diekermann, Allen and Tanner method. Results: Analysis of the interview transcripts depicting the women’s lived experience of nursing care rendered to them during childbirth and their encounter with the health facility and other entities revealed three main themes: 1. Being in the world of pregnant women in labor needing emotional, physical and informational support 2. Encounter with the health facility and practices and needing pampering and nice communication 3. Wishing for an environment of congenial and cordial relationship during childbirth. Conclusions and implications for practice: It is recommended that health professionals who nurse pregnant women during childbirth consider their lived experiences regarding nursing care they received during childbith. The theme of Being in the world of pregnant women in labor needing emotional, physical and informational support, Encounter with health facility, and practices and needing pampering and nice communication and Wishing for an environment of congenial and cordial relationship during childbirth should be taking into consideration when nursing them. This will lead to taking care of them according to their preferences, wishes, needs and values which will lead to their satisfaction and hence quality of care.

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