Participants and researchers searching for meaning: Conceptual developments for interpretative phenomenological analysis |
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Authors: | Jonathan A. Smith |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck University of London, UKja.smith@bbk.ac.uk |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACTIn this article I offer a theoretical account of interpretative phenomenological analysis’s (IPA’s) position in relation to meaning-making by participant and researcher. In doing this, I draw on a range of theoretical writing on meaning. I then apply these ideas to a series of empirical studies on pain which I have been involved in. The intention, therefore, is for the article to contribute a theoretically informed and empirically grounded extension to the literature on IPA. |
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Keywords: | Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis IPA meaning pain |
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