A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of Teen Mothers Who Graduated from an Alternative School

Teen Mothers ◽

Subjective Experiences ◽

Negative Stereotypes ◽

Negative Perceptions

Many studies support the recurring theme that due to early childbearing, the education of teen mothers is jeopardized. Negative stereotypes towards them also prevail representing the view that teen mothers are wayward, divergent, and burdensome to society. However, there is support from the literature that the majority of them maintain career and educational aspirations. Moreover, access of pregnant minors and teen mothers to public education is guaranteed by law. With this in view, the researcher explored the educational experiences of teen mothers, particularly those who chose to enroll in and eventually graduated from an alternative public school that exclusively serves this population. A hermeneutic phenomenological approach was used in interviewing seven teen mothers who graduated from an alternative school. This qualitative method was useful in understanding subjective experiences, forming insights about individuals’ motivations and actions. The participants were selected by purposive sampling. Inductive analysis of the data indicated that attending an alternative school provided academic reengagement, structure, motivation, and a safe and caring learning environment for the participants. This study makes a contribution to the scant literature about the educational experiences of teen mothers, providing evidence that they strive to succeed and can succeed educationally when given support and access to academic services. The conclusions serve as a counter discourse to the prevailing negative perceptions towards this challenged population.

Psychological Adaptation to Transplanted Organ: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences ◽

10.5812/ijpbs.113051 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol In Press (In Press) ◽

Author(s):

Zahra Sheikhalipour ◽

Vahid Zaman Zadeh ◽

Leili Borimnejad ◽

Stephen R Large ◽

Leila Vahedi

Keyword(s):

Phenomenological Study ◽

Psychological Adaptation ◽

Transplant Recipients ◽

Team Members ◽

Qualitative Research Design ◽

Liver Transplantations ◽

The Many ◽

Transplanted Organs

Background: While organ transplantation is a common surgical procedure worldwide, it is yet well-examined how the recipients of newly-transplanted organs adapt and accept a new organ from another body. Adaptation and acceptance of a vital organ from another person is a complex phenomenon, and medical staff needs to delve into this issue to provide appropriate care. Objectives: The present study aimed to explore the transplant recipients' experiences of adaptation to the transplanted organ. Method: A qualitative research design with a hermeneutic phenomenological approach was adopted in this study. In-depth unstructured interviews were conducted by one of the authors (Z. S.) in different locations across Iran. The purposive sampling method was used to select 20 transplant recipients (n = 4 kidney transplantation; n = 10 heart transplantation; n = 4 liver transplantations; and n= 2 blood transfusion). Results: The constitutive pattern emerged from the data was ‘Psychological adaptation to transplanted organ’, with three themes (namely ‘Alien organ,’ ‘Ensure of being the patch of togetherness,’ and ‘Durability of new organ in body’) and several sub-themes. Conclusions: According to the organ recipients' experiences, it takes time for the recipients to accept another person's organ as their own. The transplant team members need to openly and proactively discuss the many psychological and spiritual issues to which the newly-transplanted organ recipients are exposed to facilitate the adaptation and acceptance of the new organs.

Effect of Using Conjectures and Story-telling in Mathematics Learning: A Phenomenological Study of Two Teachers' Teaching Styles

Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies ◽

10.9734/ajess/2020/v11i430296 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 9-15

Author(s):

K. C. Lila Bahadur

Keyword(s):

Student Teachers ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Mathematics Learning ◽

Sampling Procedure ◽

Story Telling ◽

External Observer ◽

Cognitive Faculties ◽

The Way

The purpose of this study was to describe the personal experience on the effect of story-telling and using conjecture in mathematics learning. This research was designed in hermeneutic phenomenological study. Accidental sampling procedure was used in this study since the researcher was as an external observer of B Ed students majoring mathematics. The researcher was innocent of pedagogical approach of student-teachers. Taking two student-teachers and their students of class eight as participants, their perceptions were noticed. Data were collected on the way of practice teaching external observation from two secondary schools of Butwal and Tilottama Municipality and analyzed with hermeneutic phenomenological approach. Research revealed that story telling is the way of humanizing mathematics, motivates students to the subject matter and the conjecture promotes students' cognitive faculties, logical thinking and develop the Heuristic capacity.

The Lived Experience of Registered Nurses Providing Care to Patients with Dementia in the Acute Care Setting: A Phenomenological Study

International Journal for Human Caring ◽

10.20467/1091-5710.12.4.44 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 44-49 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Dina C. Byers, ◽

Nancey E.M. France,

Keyword(s):

Lived Experience ◽

Acute Care ◽

Care Setting ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Human Science ◽

Acute Care Setting ◽

Field Notes ◽

Human Care

The phenomenon of interest for this study was the registered nurse’s (RN’s) lived experience of caring for patients with dementia in the acute care setting. Watson’s theory of human science and human care and van Manen’s hermeneutic phenomenological approach were used to guide this study. The strategies used for the generation and analysis of data were tape-recorded open-ended interviews, field notes, and the researchers’ audio-taped journal. Upon saturation, two themes and a synthesis of unity emerged across all participants. The implications for practice were clearly communicated by the RNs in this study. Further research is recommended.

A Phenomenological Study of Filipino Immigrant Teachers in South Texas

The Qualitative Report ◽

10.46743/2160-3715/2020.4225 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Olivia Modesto

Keyword(s):

Public School ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Research Question ◽

The United States ◽

South Texas ◽

Snowball Sampling ◽

Subjective Experiences ◽

School Communities ◽

Immigrant Teachers

This study explored the meanings held by Filipino immigrant teachers of their experiences as public school teachers in South Texas. A hermeneutic phenomenological approach was used in interviewing seven Filipino immigrant teachers who taught various subjects and grade levels. This qualitative method was useful in understanding subjective experiences, forming insights about individuals’ motivations and actions. The research question asked was: What does it mean to be a Filipino immigrant teacher in a public school in South Texas? After a careful inductive analysis of data collected, it was apparent that they viewed their experiences as an opportunity, challenge, and growth. The participants were selected by snowball sampling. This study contributes to the scant literature about the perceptions of Filipino teachers towards their professional identities and experiences, providing evidence that they have embraced their roles as positive contributors to their school communities. While the findings are not generalizable across the Filipino teacher population working in the United States, the participants’ voices were heard, recorded, and analyzed so that their unique identities, often unnoticed in the literature, may be highlighted.

Younger Stroke Survivors' Experiences of Family Life in a Long-Term Perspective: A Narrative Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study

Nursing Research and Practice ◽

10.1155/2012/948791 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2012 ◽

pp. 1-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Randi Martinsen ◽

Marit Kirkevold ◽

Unni Sveen

Keyword(s):

Family Life ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Psychosocial Problems ◽

Recovery Phase ◽

Stroke Onset ◽

Stroke Survivors ◽

The Family ◽

Home Context

The psychosocial consequences following a stroke are known to be challenging, influencing the stroke survivors’ ability to participate in and carry out the taken-for-granted roles and activities in family life. This study explored how living with the consequences of stroke impacted on family life in the late recovery phase, that is, six months or more after stroke onset. Twenty-two stroke survivors aged 20–61 years were interviewed in-depth six months to nine years after stroke onset. The interviews were analyzed applying a narrative, hermeneutic phenomenological approach. The findings revealed challenges that varied with time, from an initial struggle to suffice in and balance the relationships and roles within the family early after the stroke, towards a more resigned attitude later on in the stroke trajectory. The struggles are summarized in two main themes: “struggling to reenter the family” and “screaming for acceptance.” Nonestablished people living with stroke and stroke survivors in parental roles seem to be particularly vulnerable. Being provided with opportunities to narrate their experiences to interested and qualified persons outside the home context might be helpful to prevent psychosocial problems.

The making of financial subjects: A phenomenological study of student debt

Theory & Psychology ◽

10.1177/09593543211002262 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 095935432110022

Author(s):

Sarah Feige ◽

Jeffery Yen

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Debt Crisis ◽

Psychological Research ◽

University Education ◽

Student Debt ◽

Semistructured Interviews ◽

Canadian Student

While public commentators herald the arrival of the Canadian “student debt crisis,” psychological research into postsecondary student debt proliferates. This study explored the ways in which indebted students themselves understand the meanings and implications of student debt in their own lives, by means of semistructured interviews with nine indebted university students. A hermeneutic phenomenological approach to analysis yielded six themes: indebted by necessity; haunted by distressing thoughts and feelings about debts; living under the pressure to repay debts; living a constrained life; feeling alienated from others; and uncertainty about the meaning of university education. Findings suggest that student debt is characterized by the experience of feeling unable to “live one’s life,” and of looking toward a fragile future after university. By grounding the psychological experience of debt in the socially embedded, historical realities of students’ everyday lives, this work suggests implications for critical psychological understandings of financial subjectivation.

Lived Experiences of Critically Ill Patients with Covid-19 After Discharge from Intensive Care Unit: A Phenomenological Study

10.32592/ircmj.2021.23.7.661 ◽

2021 ◽

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care Unit ◽

Intensive Care ◽

Critically Ill ◽

Critically Ill Patients ◽

Lived Experiences ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Social Stigma ◽

Supportive Role

Objectives: The present study aimed to explore lived experiences of critically ill patients with COVID-19 after discharge from intensive care units of hospitals in Iran. Methods: The present study was qualitative research with a hermeneutic phenomenological approach. Participants were purposefully selected from critically ill patients with COVID-19 who were discharged from the intensive care unit (ICU) and transferred to the general ward. Data were mostly collected through in-depth, semi-structured, face-to-face interviews and, in some cases, telephone calls. Data were analyzed using the method of Dickelman et al. (1985). Guba and Lincoln's (1989) criteria were used to achieve data authenticity. Results: Data were obtained from 16 COVID-19 recovered patients with a history of ICU admission. Twelve participants were female and four were male with a mean age of 35 years. The four main themes were identified along with their subthemes: perception of death before dying (worry, helplessness, and expecting a different death), social stigma (social isolation and stigma), a nurse as a symbol of rebirth (a compassionate and supportive nurse and the supportive role of others), and meaningful life (a change in outlook on life and the manifestation of spirituality). Conclusion: The results of the present study indicated that personal thoughts such as thinking about death and social treatments such as stigma can lead to threatening physical and psychological problems in COVID-19 patients. Nurses and family members can prevent many of these problems by providing holistic care and psychological support. Apart from the challenges posed by the disease, post-recovery changes in patients' attitudes toward life can be considered as a positive point.

Aesthetics in nursing practice as experienced by nurses in Indonesia: A phenomenological study

Belitung Nursing Journal ◽

10.33546/bnj.1958 ◽

2022 ◽

Author(s):

Feni Betriana ◽

Waraporn Kongsuwan ◽

Rina Mariyana

Keyword(s):

Nursing Practice ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Nursing Intervention ◽

Face To Face ◽

Prince Of Songkla University ◽

West Sumatra ◽

Research Grant

Background: While aesthetics in nursing practice brings out the beauty in nursing, studies regarding how aesthetics are implemented in practice are lacking. Objective: To describe the meanings of aesthetics in nursing practice experienced by nurses in Indonesia. Methods: This qualitative study employed a hermeneutic phenomenological approach based on Gadamerian philosophy. Thirteen nurses were asked to reflect on their experiences of providing aesthetics in their practice through drawing, followed by individual face-to-face interviews. Data were collected in a public hospital in West Sumatra, Indonesia. The interview transcripts and the pictures were analysed following van Manen’s approach. Results: Five thematic categories were revealed: 1) Engaging in caring for persons; 2) Full of compassion; 3) Sympathetic place of care; 4) A joyful time of care; and 5) Distracting the inconvenience in care. Conclusion: Aesthetics in nursing practice is understood and experienced by Indonesian nurses in various ways, not only limited to the visual beauty, cleanness or tidiness of nursing intervention, but are expressed in other ways within caring, including providing care with compassion, applying the art of communication, relieving the pain, and applying innovation in care. These findings can be used to inform nurses in practising aesthetic nursing for enhancing the quality of care. Funding: Faculty of Nursing Research Grant, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand.

Impact of critical illness news on the family: hermeneutic phenomenological study

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0163 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 71 (1) ◽

pp. 170-177 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Anabela Pereira Mendes

Keyword(s):

Critical Illness ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Family Members ◽

Well Being ◽

Daily Lives ◽

Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study

The Family ◽

The Impact ◽

ABSTRACT Objective: Understand the impact of critical-illness news on the experience of family members at an Intensive Care Unit. Method: Phenomenological approach according to Van Manen's method. Open interviews were held with 21 family members. From analysis and interpretation of the data, three essential themes were identified: the unexpected; the pronouncement of death; and the impact on self-caring within the family. The study complied with the ethical principles inherent to research involving humans. Results: The unexpected news and death of the sick person influence the well-being and self-care of family members, affecting their ability for analysis and decision making. It was observed that the family experiences the news with suffering, mainly due to the anticipation arising from the events. Final considerations: The humanity of nurses was revealed in response to the needs of the family. In view of the requirements for information, it was verified that the information transmitted allowed them to become aware of themselves, to become empowered in their daily lives and to alleviate the emotional burden experienced.

Experiences of women in the COVID-19 context: A phenomenological study

10.21203/rs.3.pex-1281/v2 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Janaki Raman ◽

Sphoorthi Prabhu ◽

Akanksha Rani ◽

Gopika G.G. ◽

Sojan Antony ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Exploratory Research ◽

Women's Associations ◽

Governmental Organizations ◽

Institutional Ethics ◽

Non Governmental Organizations ◽

Experiences Of Women

Abstract The pandemic COVID-19 has undoubtedly affected every section of the population equally and women are no exception. It will be interesting and beneficial to study the experiences of women in the current COVID-19 situation in the Indian context taking into account the gender differences in role expectations allocation and fulfilment. With this background the current study is proposed. Exploratory research design (Hermeneutic phenomenological approach) will be used. Women residing in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, will be the sample. The sample will be selected from Non-Governmental Organizations working for women in difficult circumstances and from Women’s Associations. The sample size is tentatively decided as 60 which will be reviewed after initial data collection. An interview guide prepared by the research team will be used for data collection. Telephonic interviews will be conducted. Data will be transcribed and analysed. The study has received clearance from institutional ethics committee [NIMHANS/25th IEC (BEH.SC.DIV.)/2020-21].