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Unitary appreciative inquiry: evolution and refinement.

W Richard Cowling¹, Elizabeth Repede

¹School of Nursing, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA. richardcowling@uncg.edu

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Summary

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Unitary appreciative inquiry (UAI) offers a framework for understanding human wholeness and life patterns. This research refines UAI, presenting methods for data generation and synopsis to enhance research credibility.

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Published on: February 19, 2021

Area of Science:

Psychology
Qualitative Research Methods
Human Development

Background:

Unitary appreciative inquiry (UAI) has been developed over two decades.
UAI provides a unique orientation and process for exploring human wholeness and life patterning.
Existing methods may not fully capture the nuances of individual and group experiences.

Purpose of the Study:

To present refinements and studies utilizing Unitary appreciative inquiry (UAI).
To detail the assumptions and conceptual underpinnings of UAI.
To propose novel data generation and synopsis strategies within the UAI framework.

Main Methods:

Description of studies employing Unitary appreciative inquiry (UAI).
Elucidation of UAI's foundational assumptions and theoretical framework.
Proposal of specific data generation techniques and a data synopsis approach.

Main Results:

Refined methodologies for Unitary appreciative inquiry (UAI) are presented.
Conceptual distinctions of UAI from other qualitative methods are clarified.
Strategies for capturing holistic human experiences and life patterns are detailed.

Conclusions:

Unitary appreciative inquiry (UAI) offers a robust approach to uncovering human wholeness and life patterns.
The proposed data strategies and synopsis enhance research legitimacy and credibility.
Future expansions of UAI hold potential for advancing epistemologies and theory development.