Abstract
This chapter contains sections titled:
Description of the Method
Origins and Influences
Epistemological Assumptions
What Kind of Research Questions Suit IPA?
What Kind of Data is Appropriate for IPA?
How Can IPA Involve Service Users and People from the Research Population Under Study?
A Step‐by‐Step Approach to Using IPA
Quality Issues
How Might Studies Using This Method Relate to the Development of Mental Health Policy?
Future Directions
References
Description of the Method
Origins and Influences
Epistemological Assumptions
What Kind of Research Questions Suit IPA?
What Kind of Data is Appropriate for IPA?
How Can IPA Involve Service Users and People from the Research Population Under Study?
A Step‐by‐Step Approach to Using IPA
Quality Issues
How Might Studies Using This Method Relate to the Development of Mental Health Policy?
Future Directions
References
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Qualitative Research Methods in Mental Health and Psychotherapy |
| Subtitle of host publication | A Guide for Students and Practitioners |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Pages | 99-116 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780470663738 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 28 Jun 2011 |
Keywords
- Idiography and hermeneutic phenomenology - key conceptual touchstones for IPA
- Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) - qualitative analysis, psychological interest
- IPA studies, and knowledge - in mental health field
- IPA, and verbatim transcript - first-person account
- IPA, interpretative (aka hermeneutic) phenomenological epistemology
- Methods, interpretative phenomenological analysis - in mental health and psychotherapy research
- Reflection on one's own preconceptions - 'free' or 'open' coding
- Samples in IPA, homogeneous - participants, understanding the topic at hand
- Systemic or multi-perspectival designs - future development of IPA, mental health