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Developing an interpretative phenomenological approach to focus group data

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posted on 2023-06-07, 18:51 authored by Michelle Palmer, Michael Larkin, Richard De VisserRichard De Visser, Gráinne Fadden
Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is an approach to qualitative research that is now well-established in British psychology. This approach is concerned with understanding people's experiences of the world and of themselves. The aims of IPA studies have been met most frequently through the use of one-on-one interviews. Relatively few studies have used focus group discussions as the basis for IPA studies, but focus groups may provide rich experiential data. In this article, we describe a process for integrating focus group data into an IPA study. We developed this during a study of the experiences of carers of people with mental health problems. Here we outline the various steps of our analytic process and discuss how these might be employed and adapted by other researchers wishing to apply IPA's concern with personal experience to the analysis of focus group data.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Qualitative Research in Psychology

ISSN

1478-0887

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Issue

2

Volume

7

Page range

99-121

Pages

23.0

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  • Psychology Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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