When the Worst Imaginable Becomes Reality

Janus Head ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 176-213
Author(s):  
Katherine J. Janzen ◽  
Sherri Melrose ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Crack Cocaine ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenology ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Interpretive Inquiry

This article describes findings from a qualitative study that investigated the lived experiences of four mothers recovering from crack cocaine addictions who lost custody of their children. The project was guided by feminist interpretive inquiry, van Manen’s approach to hermeneutic phenomenology, and involved thematic analysis of in depth interview data. By telling the stories of these women and using their own words as well as interpretive poetry written by one of the authors to describe their suffering, our research offers important insights to professionals involved in the field of addictions.

Transition Experiences of Indian Nurses Into Australian Mental Health System

2021 ◽  
pp. 104365962110263
Author(s):  
Bindu Joseph ◽  
Michael Olasoji ◽  
Cheryl Moss ◽  
Wendy Cross
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Mental Health System ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenology ◽  
Dual Culture ◽  
The Past ◽  
Transition Experience ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Insight Into

Introduction: In the past decade, there has been an influx of migrant nurses from India to Australia. Migrant professionals have specific transition needs associated with working in Mental Health (MH). This study aimed to explore the transition experience of overseas trained nurses from India working in Australian MH settings. Method: Hermeneutic phenomenology was the methodological approach used in the study. The participants ( N = 16) were overseas trained nurses from India. Data were collected through in-depth interview and analysed using thematic analysis. Results: The findings resulted in the identification of the following themes: (1) Living in dual culture, (2) Loneliness, (3) Discrimination, and (4) Feeling incomplete. Discussion: It is evident that the transition to work in MH in Australia was a journey of mixed experiences. While certain findings of this study are comparable with experiences of migrant nurses in other settings, it provides insight into those that are working in MH.

scholarly journals Paid Academic Services With Mercy And Compassion: Phenomenologizing The Lived Experiences Of Research Mercenaries In The Philippines

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 5335-5340
Author(s):  
Romiro G. Bautista Et. al.
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Retention ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Academic Work ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Internationalization Of Education ◽  
Academic Services

Research, in the midst of internationalization of education, becomes one of the most prolific areas of the criteria for teacher retention and promotion in the academia; however, issues and concerns had sprung since then as to authorship authenticity because of the mushrooming of research mercenaries. This study is designed to explore the indulgence of research mercenaries in their quest of helping their protégées in exchange of reasonable costs. Qualitative data were gathered from the informants’ interview. Data were processed through document trail among the informants to ascertain the veracity of the transcribed responses, reflections, and observations. Thematic analysis revealed four themes on the experiences of research mercenaries: need to augment income, mercy and compassion, professional indulgence, and research, the IN thing to be promoted. It is concluded that research mercenaries are working in a symbiotic manner among their protégées where they adopt them as their academic disciples and this practice will continue to flourish until there is inequity on the capacity of professionals on the academic work and works that they do

Mothering – a mode of protecting rather than parenting in the aftermath of post separation family violence in Australia

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-116
Author(s):  
Leanne Francia ◽  
Prudence Millear ◽  
Rachael Sharman
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Family Violence ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Law System ◽  
Australian Family ◽  
Shadow Cast ◽  
Violent Relationship ◽  
Dark Shadow

AbstractThe focus of this qualitative study was on separated mother’s (N = 36) lived experiences of mothering in the context of post separation family violence and the Australian family law system. Thematic analysis of interviews was guided by a theoretical framework, this being the Three Planets Model. Analysis of the data resulted in two themes relating to mothering being identified. Firstly, that women demonstrated a mode of protecting rather than parenting indicating that mothering was often undertaken in isolation and fear, within an adversarial family law system, and in the presence of a perpetrator of family violence. The second theme related to the aftermath of separation and the long dark shadow cast by family violence. After having left a controlling and violent relationship, separated mothers reported that there was no opportunity to recover, nor to healthily extricate themselves from family violence, which resulted in cumulative harm not only for their wellbeing but also for their children.

scholarly journals Receiving, or ‘Adopting’, Donated Embryos to Have Children: Parents Narrate and Draw Kinship Boundaries

Genealogy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Fiona Tasker ◽  
Alessio Gubello ◽  
Victoria Clarke ◽  
Naomi Moller ◽  
Michal Nahman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Embryo Donation ◽  
Community Values ◽  
Open Contact ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Family Membership

Existing research suggests that embryo donation (ED) may be seen as similar to adoption by those who donate or receive embryos, or it may not. Our qualitative study explored whether having a child via embryo donation initiated kinship connections between embryo donor and recipient families as interpreted by recipient parents. Interviews were conducted with five parents from four families whose child(ren) had been born via embryo donation. All four families had an open-contact relationship set up with the couples who donated their embryos through an agency in the USA. Narrative thematic analysis of interview data and visual family map drawings were used to explore kinship conceptualizations. We conclude that the dilemma experienced by parents who have a child via embryo donation is to decide how to reconcile their child’s different genetic heritage, when gestation and upbringing both clearly boundary family membership solely within the recipient family. While some families were still struggling with this dilemma, one solution embarked upon by some parents when drawing their family map was to expand family membership, not only on the basis of genetics, but also via an appreciation of shared family and community values too.

scholarly journals Do Older Indonesian with Chronic Disease Still Be Able to Engage in an Activity and Feel Happy?

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Santi SULANDARI ◽  
Afrilin Dewi PURNAMA ◽  
Mei WIJAYANTI ◽  
Fitriana Dwi HASTUTI ◽  
Permata Ashfi RAIHANA
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Older People ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Poor Health Status ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Surrounding Environment ◽  
Depth Interview

This study aimed to understand what activities could be done by older Indonesian who are physically sick and how those activities can make them feel happy. It was a qualitative study conducted in the Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. A total of 6 older people aged >60 years and suffering from the chronic disease were selected for this study. The data were collected by an in-depth interview. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis with the help of the NVivo 12 QSR program. Older people with chronic disease were still able to be active in worship, socializing with the surrounding environment, working, doing the daily chores, and doing older people gymnastic. The benefit of staying engaged in the activity, including the ability to feel happy, be motivated to get a reward, exchange ideas, and share experience, help others, be calm, and have good health. This study emphasized the importance of being engaged in activities for older people to achieve happiness even though there had poor health status.

scholarly journals A Qualitative Study of Women’s Lived Experiences of Conflict and Domestic Violence in Afghanistan

2020 ◽  
pp. 107780122093519
Author(s):  
Jenevieve Mannell ◽  
Gulraj Grewal ◽  
Lida Ahmad ◽  
Ayesha Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Drug Trade ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Armed Intervention ◽  
The Relationship

This article empirically explores women’s lived experiences of domestic violence and conflict in Afghanistan. A thematic analysis of 20 semistructured interviews with women living in safe houses produced three main themes about the relationship between conflict and domestic violence: (a) violence from loss of patriarchal support, (b) violence from the drug trade as an economic driver, and (c) violence from conflict-related poverty. We discuss the bidirectional nature of this relationship: Not only does conflict contribute to domestic violence, but domestic violence contributes to conflict through justifying armed intervention, separating women from economic and public life, and perpetuating patriarchy.

scholarly journals Consensually nonmonogamous parent relationships during COVID-19

Sexualities ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 136346072110193
Author(s):  
Melissa H Manley ◽  
Abbie E Goldberg
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Parent Relationships ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Partner Relationships

During the COVID-19 pandemic, parents in consensually nonmonogamous (CNM) relationships navigated public health directives to social distance and avoid contact between households. Many parents practicing CNM share romantic, sexual, and coparenting relationships across households, and the pandemic introduced challenges and opportunities for innovation in maintaining connection. This qualitative study sought to explore the experiences, challenges, and adaptations of CNM parents, using survey and interview data from 70 US parents collected between May and December 2020. Thematic analysis highlighted that many parents spent less time with non-cohabiting partners and more time with cohabiting partners and children, but also adapted via creative strategies such as incorporating partners into a quarantine pod, inviting partners to move in, or connecting over technology. These data illuminate the diverse ways that CNM parents engaged in and “queered” family and partner relationships during the pandemic.

scholarly journals Social Distance and Cultural Solidarity: Muslim Mothers and Nurturing Indonesian-Northern Irish Children

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 283-294
Author(s):  
Muhammad Nur Ali ◽  
Rifka Fachrunnisa ◽  
Mukhlash Abrar ◽  
Muthia Aryuni ◽  
. Effendy
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Religious Practices ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Focused Ethnography ◽  
Northern Irish ◽  
Psychological Issues ◽  
Islamic Values

Living in a non-Muslim community can be highly challenging for those who follow Islam. The loneliness, daily challenges, psychological issues, and acculturation distress can be stumbling blocks to completing their religious practices while also teaching Islamic values to their children. Employing qualitative study with a focused ethnography approach, this study explores Indonesian Muslim mothers' lived experiences while educating their children about Islam in the midst of a non-Muslim community. We analyzed interview data using thematic analysis. Our results provide information for Muslims on the associated social distance and cultural solidarity of living in a non-Muslim community.

What Dampen the Indonesian Journalists' Freedom and Safety in the Post-Soeharto New Order?

2020 ◽  
pp. 83-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilang Desti Parahita ◽  
Nyarwi Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
New Order ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Depth Interview

This study investigates factors that dampens the Indonesian journalists' freedom and safety in the Post-Soeharto's New Order. To address this research objective, relevant journal articles have been scrutinized. And the in-depth interview data have been derived from the interviews of a former member of the Indonesian Press Council and four journalists who served four prominent Indonesian mainstream media including TEMPO, the Jakarta Post, Metro TV and CNN Indonesia. These data have been analysed using the qualitative and thematic analysis.

scholarly journals Professors and Virtual World Professionalism: A Qualitative Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie J Blackmon
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Second Life ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenology ◽  
Professional Boundaries

Just as there are now questions about professionalism and professional boundaries in social networking environments such as Facebook or LinkedIn, there are also questions about what it means to be professional in virtual worlds like Second Life (SL). In an effort to understand professors’ lived experiences with professionalism in virtual worlds, specifically in SL, I conducted a qualitative study: a hermeneutic phenomenology. Participants included 10 professors from various countries, and they were assigned pseudonyms for this study. The findings indicate that avatar attire is an important aspect of professionalism for many professors, and professors were able to maintain professionalism in their virtual world classrooms with both human and non-human avatars.

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