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Capturing Lived Experience: Methodological Considerations for Interpretive Phenomenological Inquiry Open
Interpretive phenomenology presents a unique methodology for inquiring into lived experience, yet few scholarly articles provide methodological guidelines for researchers, and many studies lack coherence with the methodology’s philosophica…
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Phenomenology: A Philosophy and Method of Inquiry Open
Phenomenology as a philosophy and a method of inquiry is not limited to an approach to knowing, it is rather an intellectual engagement in interpretations and meaning making that is used to understand the lived world of human beings at a c…
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Understanding the Key Tenets of Heidegger’s Philosophy for Interpretive Phenomenological Research Open
Martin Heidegger’s phenomenology provides methodological guidance for qualitative researchers seeking to explicate the lived experience of study participants. However, most phenomenological researchers apply his philosophy loosely. This is…
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Phenomenological Qualitative Methods Applied to the Analysis of Cross-Cultural Experience in Novel Educational Social Contexts Open
The qualitative method of phenomenology provides a theoretical tool for educational research as it allows researchers to engage in flexible activities that can describe and help to understand complex phenomena, such as various aspects of h…
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I Miss Being Me: Phenomenological Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation Open
The phenomenological effects of deep brain stimulation (DBS) on the self of the patient remains poorly understood and under described in the literature, despite growing evidence that a significant number of patients experience postoperativ…
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Making Phenomenological Inquiry Accessible: A Review of Jonathan A. Smith, Paul Flowers, and Michael Larkin’s Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis: Theory, Method, and Research Open
Jonathan A. Smith, Paul Flowers, and Michael Larkin’s Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis: Theory, Method, and Research is an accessible account of an emergent qualitative psychology methodology which has great potential for studying a …
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Applied phenomenology: why it is safe to ignore the epoché Open
The question of whether a proper phenomenological investigation and analysis requires one to perform the epoché and the reduction has not only been discussed within phenomenological philosophy. It is also very much a question that has been…
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Husserlian Descriptive Phenomenology: A review of intentionality, reduction and the natural attitude Open
Background and aim: Descriptive phenomenology is widely used in social science research as a method to explore and describe the lived experience of individuals. It is a philosophy and a scientific method and has undertaken many variations …
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Elucidating the meaning of life world phenomena. A phenomenological hermeneutical method for researching lived experience Open
In this paper, a phenomenological hermeneutical method for interpreting narrative texts is proposed. Interviewees are asked to tell from their lived experience of participating in life world phenomena. The interview texts are written down …
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The phenomenological method in qualitative psychology and psychiatry Open
This article will closely examine the phenomenological method as applied to qualitative inquiry in psychology and psychiatry. In a critical comparison between Amedeo Giorgi's and Larry Davidson's qualitatively methods, conclusions were dra…
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The Meaning of “Phenomenology”: Qualitative and Philosophical Phenomenological Research Methods Open
I show some problems with recent discussions within qualitative research that centre around the “authenticity” of phenomenological research methods. I argue that attempts to restrict the scope of the term “phenomenology” via reference to t…
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The Work of Hermeneutic Phenomenology Open
This paper is an illustration of the application of a hermeneutic phenomenological study. The theory of meaning and interpretation, drawing on philosophical hermeneutics and the work of Gadamer and Heidegger, and its alignment with phenome…
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Being mothers and fathers of a child with type 1 diabetes aged 1 to 7 years: a phenomenological study of parents’ experiences Open
Parents described a profoundly changed situation, and they were indeed striving to live like a "normal" family. They were in need of support from health care professionals at the outpatient clinic, not only support and supervision in regar…
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What is it like to meditate? Methods and issues of a micro-phenomenological description of meditative experience Open
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Conducting phenomenological research: Rationalizing the methods and rigour of the phenomenology of practice Open
Aims To offer a complete outlook in a readable easy way of van Manen's hermeneutic‐phenomenological method to nurses interested in undertaking phenomenological research. Background Phenomenology, as research methodology, involves a certain…
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Researching Lived Experience in Education: Misunderstood or Missed Opportunity? Open
Phenomenological research approaches have become increasingly popular in fields such as psychology, nursing, tourism, and health science but remain underrepresented in education research. This is surprising given that education, a discipli…
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Towards a phenomenology of grief: Insights from Merleau‐Ponty Open
This paper shows how phenomenological research can enhance our understanding of what it is to experience grief. I focus specifically on themes in the work of Maurice Merleau‐Ponty, in order to develop an account that emphasizes two importa…
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Physicians' Experience of Communication with Nurses related to Patient Safety: A Phenomenological Study Using the Colaizzi Method Open
The present findings revealed that physicians lacked an understanding about the roles and tasks of nurses. The participants engaged in mutually complementary communication with experienced nurses, obtaining desirable patient outcomes and p…
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Hermeneutics and Phenomenology Problems When Applying Hermeneutic Phenomenological Method in Educational Qualitative Research Open
Hermeneutic phenomenology is a research method used in qualitative research in the fields of education and other human sciences, for example nursing science. It is a widely used method example in Scandinavia, and Van Manen is well known fo…
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Framing a Phenomenological Mixed Method: From Inspiration to Guidance Open
Despite a long history of researchers who combine phenomenology with qualitative or quantitative methods, there are only few examples of working with a phenomenological mixed method—a method where phenomenology informs both qualitative and…
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Overview Phenomenological Research Open
The data analysis will be conducted by researchers might happen in the inter subjective perspective between researchers and participants with a "delay" the biases or prejudices against phenomenology researcher who is studying the phenomeno…
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Living with endometriosis: a phenomenological study Open
Purpose: To explore and understand the lived experiences of women with endometriosis. Method: Qualitative study using Cohen phenomenology. Results: The data analysis identified four main themes and two sub-themes. The main themes are: dela…
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Using diaries to collect data in phenomenological research Open
Diaries can be a challenge for those maintaining them, but offer a personal insight which can be useful as a data collection method and also cathartic for the participant.
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Phenomenological Strands for Gaming Disorder and Esports Play: A Qualitative Registered Report Open
The recent inclusion of gaming disorder in the ICD-11 as a mental disorder has further increased the importance of researching the health spectrum related to gaming. A critical area in this regard is the lack of clarity concerning the diff…
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Nurses' experiences working with nursing students in a hospital: a phenomenological enquiry Open
Objective: this paper explores the experiences of registered nurses working with Spanish nursing students within the hospital. Methods: a qualitative phenomenological approach was followed. Purposeful sampling was employed. Twenty-one regi…
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We are all in it!: Phenomenological Qualitative Research and Embeddedness Open
In recent decades, phenomenological concepts and methodological ideals have been adopted by qualitative researchers. Several influential strands of what we will refer to as Phenomenological Research (PR) have emerged. We will call into que…
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The Lived Experience of Iranian Women Confronting Breast Cancer Diagnosis Open
Emotional response was the immediate reflection to cancer diagnosis. However, during post-treatment period a variety of emotions were not uncommon findings, patients' perceptions have been changing along the time and problem-focused coping…
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Changed Body Image as Perceived by Jordanian Women Undergoing Breast Cancer Treatment Open
Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting women worldwide. The purpose of this study was to generate an understanding of women’s perceptions of changes to their body image due to breast cancer treatment. Method: A pheno…
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Operationality of concepts in Heideggerian phenomenological investigation: epistemological reflection on Nursing Open
Objective: To describe the investigative path of analysis and the operationality of concepts based on Martin Heidegger's theoretical and philosophical framework. Method: Theoretical reflection on the phenomenon of pregnancy in a woman with…
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The image of nursing as perceived by nurses: A phenomenological study Open
Background: Image remains crucial for nursing profession. How nurses view professional self-image has an impact on their professional self-esteem. Objectives: This study explored the image of nursing as perceived by Indonesian nurses. Meth…