Interpretive phenomenology

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia L. Munhall
Keyword(s):  
Interpretive Phenomenology

Psychological barriers of the initial stage of professional activity of the self–employed

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Galkina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Individual Case ◽  
Professional Culture ◽  
The Self ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Interpretive Phenomenology ◽  
Financial Responsibility ◽  
Psychological Barriers ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
The Subject

The problem of the study is that it is not sufficiently studied what psychological barriers people face at the initial stage of professional activity as self-employed. The aim of the study is to study the features of psychological barriers at the initial stage of professional activity of self-employed people. Research hypothesis: at the initial stage of professional activity as self-employed people face psychological barriers in the organizational and creative areas of entrepreneurial activity. The problem of psychological barriers was considered in their works by S. Rubinstein, N. Podymov, I. Pavlov, R. Shakurov and others. The article formulates particular definitions of the main concepts. Methodology: analysis of an individual case using interviews with processing in the framework of interpretive phenomenology. Respondent: female, 34 years old, self-employed as a psychologist for 1 year. Results: psychological barrier of accepting financial responsibility, barrier of adherence to a certain professional culture, barrier of competence in the profession. Certain psychological barriers can arise in connection with certain underlying medical conditions. The conclusions are that psychological barriers are a complex mental education, can be overcome in stages, and motivation of the subject is important for overcoming barriers.

scholarly journals Views of the Future of Partners of People with Multiple Sclerosis Who Attended a Lifestyle Modification Workshop: A Qualitative Analysis of Perspectives and Experiences

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Sandra L. Neate ◽  
Keryn L. Taylor ◽  
Nupur Nag ◽  
George A. Jelinek ◽  
Steve Simpson-Yap ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Lifestyle Modification ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Interpretive Phenomenology ◽  
Related Risk ◽  
The Future ◽  
Partner Perceptions ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact

People with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) often experience uncertainty and fear about their futures. Partners of PwMS may share their concerns and experience fears about their own futures, limitations on their lives, ability to work, and becoming a carer. For PwMS, modification of lifestyle-related risk factors has been associated with improved health outcomes. For PwMS who attended residential lifestyle modification workshops (RLMW), sustained improved health outcomes have been demonstrated. Whether improved outcomes for PwMS who engage with lifestyle modification translate to improved partner perceptions of the future, is yet to be explored. We explored the perspectives of partners of PwMS who had attended a RLMW and the impact that the person with MS’s illness and their engagement with lifestyle modification had on their partners’ views of the future. Analysis of 21 semi-structured interviews used a methodology informed by Heidegger’s Interpretive Phenomenology. Three themes emerged: ‘uncertainty’, ‘planning for the future’ and ‘control, empowerment and confidence’. Subthemes included MS and lifestyle modification being a catalyst for positive change; developing a sense of control and empowerment; and hope, optimism and positivity. Lifestyle modification may provide benefits, not only to PwMS, but also to their partners, and should be considered part of mainstream management of MS.

scholarly journals “Swinging Pendulum”: Lives of Family Members Caring for A Dying Relative

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Sumaguingsing ◽  
Rudolf Cymorr Kirby Palogan Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Spiritual Support ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Interpretive Phenomenology ◽  
Home Setting ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Van Manen ◽  
Informal Carers ◽  
The Individual

Among cultures which place emphasis on the centrality of family in ones lives, the care for the dying patient is more often than not delegated on family members. Given this context, it is interesting to note that few research have been done on the experiences of these individuals who provide care to their dying relatives. This research aims to understand the lives of these informal carers as they provide care to their dying relatives. After securing clearance from an IRB, seven (5) informants, deemed as coresearchers, were recruited and agreed to participate in this study. The co-researchers where selected based on a pre-set criteria and the number were reached based on theoretical saturation. Multiple individual in-depth face-to-face interviews were done to create the individual narratives which was later reflectively analysed. Interpretive phenomenology as espoused by van Manen served as the philosophical underpinning of the study. Consequently, the proposed analytic technique of van Manen was utilized as the process of reflective analysis. After the process of reflective analysis, three (3) themes were gathered, namely: Ambivalence in anticipation, Courage in uncertainty, Meaning in suffering. These themes represent for the co-researchers their lives as they care for their dying relatives. Further, these themes reflects for the co-researchers a phenomenon of living moment-to-moment, unsure of what tomorrow will bring, patiently waiting for their relative to cross over. For them, there seems to be a constant struggle of finding a reason for being and a sense of what has happened, what is happening and what could happen to their dying relative and their family after their death. This essence can be symbolically represented by a swinging pendulum, constantly in motion trying to situate ambivalence in their anticipation, looking for courage amidst uncertainty and finding formeaning in their experience of suffering. The insights suggest that there is a need for constant dialogue among family members and health care providers as they assumed the role of primary caregivers. Further continued emotional, moral and spiritual support is implied during this transition as well as follow-ups when the families are at the home setting.

scholarly journals Nursing Students and Nurses’ Recommendations Aiming at Improving the Development of the Humanistic Caring Competency

2021 ◽  
pp. 084456212110489
Author(s):  
Dimitri Létourneau ◽  
Johanne Goudreau ◽  
Chantal Cara
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Hospital Data ◽  
Interpretive Phenomenology ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Progressive Development ◽  
Regulatory Bodies

Background Most nursing education programs prepare their students to embody humanism and caring as it is expected by several regulatory bodies. Ensuring this embodiment in students and nurses remains a challenge because there is a lack of evidence about its progressive development through education and practice. Purpose This manuscript provides a description of nursing students’ and nurses’ recommendations that can foster the development of humanistic caring. Methods Interpretive phenomenology was selected as the study's methodological approach. Participants (n = 26) were recruited from a French-Canadian university and an affiliated university hospital. Data was collected through individual interviews. Data analysis consisted of an adaptation of Benner’s (1994) phenomenological principles that resulted in a five-stage interpretative process. Results The following five themes emerged from the phenomenological analysis of participants’ recommendations: 1) pedagogical strategies, 2) educators’ approach, 3) considerations in teaching humanistic caring, 4) work overload, and 5) volunteerism and externship. Conclusion The findings suggest the existence of a challenge when using mannikins in high-fidelity simulations with the intention of developing humanistic caring. The findings also reaffirm the importance of giving concrete and realistic exemplars of humanistic caring to students in order to prevent them from making “communication” synonymous to “humanization of care”.

scholarly journals Narration the Lived Experiences of Career Couples of Family Function, Health Dimension

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rohollah Rahimi ◽  
Hossien Salimi Bajestani ◽  
Kiumars Farahbakhsh ◽  
Mohammad Asgari
Keyword(s):  
Work Conditions ◽  
Spiritual Health ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Interpretive Phenomenology ◽  
Physical Damage ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Family Function ◽  
Health Dimension ◽  
Employed Women ◽  
Psychological Functions

Introduction: Family function has been changed by the couple's simultaneous employment and presents particular problems for the family and the couples. One of the dimensions that is strongly influenced by the functioning of the working couple's family is the health dimension. The purpose of this study was to extract living experiences of career couples from the health aspect of family functioning. Methods: This research was done by qualitative approach and by the method of interpretive phenomenology. In this study, the researchers selected and interviewed 12 career couples with snowball sampling and 12 career couples with marital conflicts through purposeful sampling. Interviews were analyzed using the Dicklman, Allen, and Turner methods, which are team-based and common in interpretive phenomenology. The MAXQDA12 software was also used for these operations. Results: The analysis of the data from the interviews resulted in the identification of two main themes, including healthy functioning (with sub-themes: psychological functions of employed women, psychological functions of career couples, social functions of employed women, social functions of career couples, and spiritual health) and unhealthy functioning. (with sub-themes: physical damage, psychological damage, social damage, spiritual damage). Conclusion: The findings of this study showed that simultaneous employment of couples has a two-way effect on their health. On the negative side, this threatens the overall physical, psychological, social and spiritual health of the couple. On the positive side, the desirability of work conditions, couples' perceptions and attitudes have the greatest impact on health as one of the important dimensions of family function of career couples.

Technology Management Through Artificial Intelligence in Open and Distance Learning

2019 ◽  
pp. 338-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serap Uğur ◽  
Gulsun Kurubacak
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Technology Management ◽  
Qualitative Research Methods ◽  
Learning Systems ◽  
Distance Learners ◽  
Interpretive Phenomenology ◽  
Open And Distance Learning ◽  
Learning Institutions

Technology management is a management discipline that evaluates the potential of the cutting-edge technology integration to maintain the competitive institutions, and seeks ways to use these potentials for the benefit of the organizations. The technologies that use in open and distance learning institutions for learner enrollment and course follow-ups, software that teachers use both in content presentations and evaluation stages, etc. They need to use technology in many different services and processes in the managerial dimension. In this chapter, which is conducted by using interpretive phenomenology method from qualitative research methods, it was questioned how to integrate artificial intelligence in open and distance learning systems determined within the scope of technology management for a technology-driven international university. Suggestions were made for artificial intelligence applications in the management of open and distance learners.

scholarly journals Preschool Teachers’ Perception of the Application of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Taiwan

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liwen Chen ◽  
Tung-Liang Chen ◽  
Chieh-Ju Lin ◽  
Hsu-Kuan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Preschool Teachers ◽  
Information Communication Technology ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Interpretive Phenomenology ◽  
Depth Interviews

The aim of this study is to explore preschool teachers’ perception of the application of information communication technology in Taiwan using qualitative methodology in the form of interpretive phenomenology. Snowball sampling was used to select fourteen preschool teachers from public preschools. The data was collected from fourteen preschool teachers using one-to-one, semi-structured in-depth interviews, each of which lasted for one to two hours based on the guidelines for semi-structured interviews. The interviews were taped, recorded, and transcribed for the main textual analysis, which was based on a thematic analysis. Five themes were identified: (1) a formative and explorative growth process, (2) information devices: at once plentiful and limited, (3) decisions between control and freedom, (4) parent-teacher communications, and (5) trend-driven resource integration. Suggestions and implications for the utilization of ICT in classroom practice and its implementation in the curriculum are discussed.

Resistance and Reproduction: An Arts-Based Investigation into Young People’s Emotional Responses to Crime

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Dodsley ◽  
Emily Gray
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Cultural Criminology ◽  
Interpretive Phenomenology ◽  
Overlapping Spheres ◽  
Alternative Approaches

Abstract This paper reports on a qualitative study of young people’s emotional responses to crime, underpinned by cultural criminology and interpretive phenomenology. It uses alternative approaches to explore young people’s ‘fears’ of crime via the use of arts-based methods, specifically performative drama and focus groups. The rationale is rooted in young people’s voices being largely absent from fear of crime research and the increased movement towards a more creative and less prescriptive criminology. The findings point towards the value of such approaches and argue that young people’s emotions about crime become highly gendered and age-relevant in youth and have multiple, overlapping spheres that are culturally constructed, resisted and reproduced.

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