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Showing 1 to 20 of 1114 for “"Phenomenological Analysis"”.
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A Phenomenological Analysis of Meaningful Existence
… psychology, it has not been rigorously pursued phenomenologically. In taking a phenomenological approach, my thesis is an attempt to illuminate the experiential character of meaning in life. To engage in such an inquiry, I situate my analysis within Martin Heidegger’s existential framework, and …
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An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Centering Prayer
… using the research methods of interpretative phenomenological analysis. Data were collected using a semi-structured interview format, hand coded, and analyzed for basic and recurrent themes. The results of the analysis yielded 35 general themes that were clustered into 5 superordinate themes: …
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A Phenomenological Analysis of Massively Multiplayer Online Games
This dissertation conducts a phenomenological analysis of Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) – networked computer applications that thousands of people play simultaneously using avatars to interact with one another and with computer-controlled entities within a game-world typically rendered …
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Men Working as Midwives: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
… research methodology used is Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Semi-structured interviews with 15 men who have worked as midwives in the UK over the past 40 years were analysed and organised within three key themes. These showed that Gender was an obstacle that needed to be …
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Therapists’ experiences of shame: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
… work with shame issues. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) eight psychological therapists were interviewed to elucidate their experiences of shame in the clinical encounter. Four superordinate themes that captured the key experiences of shame for therapists were identified: …
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Stroke in young women: an interpretive phenomenological analysis.
… semi-structured interviews and qualitative analysis. Individuals who were between 18 and 50 years old, who had experienced a mild to moderate stroke and were are at least six months post-stroke were eligible for inclusion. Individuals with persistent dysphasia, a communication disorder which …
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Understanding the Career-Ending Injury: A Phenomenological Analysis
… of a career-ending injury through an existential phenomenological perspective. Because phenomenology aims to study how people describe their experiences, it is believed that this design can provide new insight into the athletic injury experience (Shelly, 1999). Data was transcribed and analyzed, …
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A phenomenological analysis of masculinity ideologies among college males
… of masculinity ideology. Constant comparative analysis of the interview data revealed two core relevant themes. The first theme was that these students did have a consistent understanding of the masculinity ideology that they held for themselves and observed in society. Although this ideology …
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Revisioning, reconnecting and revisiting. Facing the aftershock of stroke in the first month post-discharge: an interpretative phenomenological analysis: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
This study is concerned with the impact of stroke, and in particular, the experiences of patients and carers following the return of the survivor to the home environment
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Faculty lived-experiences in living-learning programs: a phenomenological analysis
The purpose of this Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis study was to explore the lived-experience of faculty participating in a living-learning program (LLP). This study aimed to examine a sample of eleven tenure and non-tenure-track faculty participants’ experiences regarding involvement, …
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Coping with Carbon Monoxide (CO) exposure: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
… to carbon monoxide (CO), using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Approximately 60 people of all ages lose their lives from preventable CO exposure in England and Wales each year (NHS, 2019), and people who survive CO exposure may be injured and have long-lasting, burdensome …
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Experience of aliveness within experience of being: interpretative phenomenological analysis /
… on the basis of the theory of existential-phenomenological psychology and the conception of intersubjectivity. The critical analysis of literature has highlighted several inconsistencies within the concept of the experience of aliveness. The aims of the research were the following: a) to …
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Phenomenological analysis of the lifeworld of persons with motor disability /
… following the theoretical perspective of phenomenological sociology of A. Schütz and the narrations of people with motor disability, going into the main phenomenological topics of lifeworld: relationship with disabled body, lived space and lived time, and significant, the closest and …
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Imaginary companionship and adult memory narratives: an interpretive phenomenological analysis
… these early relationships, the study has taken a phenomenological approach. For the nine university students who remembered having had an imaginary companion and who volunteered to share their stories, the aim was to understand the meanings attached to these companionships through idiosyncratic, …
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Therapists’ internalised representations of their therapist: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
… with the same therapist. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) the transcripts were analysed which indicated three master themes: 1) letting the therapist in, 2) identifying with the therapist, 3) the changes within. It was found that the participants seemed to have experienced a …
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Young Women's Experiences of Self-Harm: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis
In this research Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (Smith, 1997) was used to explore young women's experiences of self-harm and a from this a new model of self-harm was. constructed. This model is grounded in the participants' experiences, rather than in a particular theoretical paradigm or …
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Older adults, food and healthy dietary behaviors : an interpretative phenomenological analysis
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Positive aspects of the experience of psychosis: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
This qualitative study is an investigation of subjective accounts of Psychosis, with a particular focus on positive aspects of the experience from people who have continuing treatment needs and from those in recovery. The findings offer insight which is applicable to mental health services, …
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The Experience of Female Nurses Being Cared for: A Phenomenological Analysis
The focus of this phenomenological inquiry was the question: What is the meaning (essential structure) of the experience of being cared for as lived by female nurses? The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the experience of being cared for. Phenomenologic methodology was used for …
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Integrating the ineffable: a social phenomenological analysis of the psychedelic experience
… study uses conventional and directed content analysis of accounts originally collected between the years 1960-1964 as part of the Harvard Psilocybin Project. Specifically, I analyze over 200 narrative reports from 100 individuals collected from the Timothy Leary Papers archival collection held …
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