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'I have been using this book since it was published - recommending it to undergraduate and postgraduate students both as the definitive account of the IPA approach and as an accessible introduction to experiential qualitative research more broadly. The chapters on designing an IPA study, collecting and analysing data, and writing up an IPA study in particular are excellent...This book remains an invaluable addition to the toolkit of resources for teachers and students of qualitative research, and I thoroughly recommend it to both' - Psychology: Learning and Teaching, Volume 9, Number 1
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This book presents a comprehensive guide to interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) which is an increasingly popular approach to qualitative inquiry taught to undergraduate and postgraduate students today. The first chapter outlines the theoretical foundations for IPA. It discusses phenomenology, hermeneutics, and idiography and how they have been taken up by IPA. The next four chapters provide detailed, step by step guidelines to conducting IPA research: study design, data collection and interviewing, data analysis, and writing up. In the next section, the authors give extended worked examples from their own studies in health, sexuality, psychological distress, and identity to illustrate the breadth and depth of IPA research. The final section of the book considers how IPA connects with other contemporary qualitative approaches like discourse and narrative analysis and how it addresses issues to do with validity.
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excellent resource for novice IP researchers,
Ce commentaire est de: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: Theory, Method and Research (Paperback)
I am new to IPA. This book was as good as a well crafted recipe. Great resource.
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4.8 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews) 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Finally a comprehensive IPA text,
By Linda Sessions "Family Therapist" - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: Theory, Method and Research (Paperback)
For the last three years I have cruised the web and multiple psychology databases attemptng to find articles with a phenomenological methodology that would support my dissertation topic. Nothing seemed to address my study. I had a small sample (N=11) of terminally ill patients that I interviewed from terminal diagnosis to their eventual death. I even had after death interviews with family members and hospice personnel. Lots of data but no real way to analyze the data that would support multiple perspectives associated with the experience of dying. Being both a counselor and a family therapist I wanted to approach my study holistically and I needed the right tool. During the last three years more and more qualitative research was conducted using a methodology now known as Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). I went through reams of paper downloading articles attempting to extract the essence of IPA. Soon I found chapters on IPA written in books such as Willig and Rogers' "Qualitative research in Psychology." I was thrilled to learn 2 months ago that a text had actually been written by Smith, Flowers, and Larkin. Being a student I was pretty happy about the price--what value for my dollar. My faculty knew little about the methodology so I bought them a copy too for the department. It is an excellent text for both the novice and the experienced researcher and can support both through the complete research experience. The text unravels the mystery of hermeneutics and phenomenology in ways that entices you to learn more. The authors are great at drawing you into the text. I actually read it from cover to cover the first day I had it. Easy to understand and read, I whole heartedly recommend this text to anyone looking for a different approach to qualitative research.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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IPA newbie,
By Alison R. Easter "ali232" - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: Theory, Method and Research (Paperback)
As a PhD student in Psychology I found that there was plenty of resources and info available for quantitative techniques and more traditional qualitative methods. After finding that IPA was the most appropriate means of analyses for one of my studies I noticed that the resources available for this method were limited (many helpful articles and book chapters exist - they just weren't all in one place). This book puts all of the pieces together: providing a brief and understandable picture of the philosophical roots of phenomenology; giving directions on how to go about research and analysis step by step; and offering examples of IPA studies that illustrate the various approaches researchers have taken and ideas about writing up.
I recommend this book to everyone using IPA and also those who study qualitative methods - most of the IPA research going on is based in the UK and it would be nice to see it spread here to the States. 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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The best articulation of IPA yet,
By Susan C. Merrill - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: Theory, Method and Research (Paperback)
I am a doctoral student in occupational therapy using IPA as the method to study the lived experiences of older mothers who live with their adult sons who have intellectual disabilities. I initially found IPA as I was looking for a phenomenological approach to my topic. This book is enormously useful as it clearly articulates the theoretical/philosophical underpinnings of IPA (yes, phenomenology and hermeneutics can be understood and used in research!). In addition, it outlines a methodological approach to IPA without being too formulaic or rigid. Certainly some of the contents will be familiar to those who have read as much about IPA as they can get their hands on (like me) but having it all in one place is fabulously helpful. The timing of publication of this book was perfect for me.
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