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Published on: January 7, 2019
Phenomenological psychology and qualitative research
Magnus Englander1, James Morley2
1Department of Social Work, Faculty of Health & Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden.
This study details Amedeo Giorgi's phenomenologically founded psychological research method. It outlines a 5-step data analysis procedure for human scientific psychology, using a COVID-19 anxiety daydream as an example.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Human Sciences
- Phenomenology
Background:
- Phenomenologically founded psychological research, initiated by Amedeo Giorgi, seeks an autonomous human science.
- The data analysis method is integral to this broader project.
- Historical context from the 1960s to the present is provided.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present Giorgi's phenomenological data analysis method.
- To explain the rationale for adaptable data collection.
- To demonstrate the whole-part-whole analysis procedure.
Main Methods:
- Detailed outline of the whole-part-whole data analysis procedure.
- Sample analysis of a daydream description.
- A 5-step process for explicating participant expressions from particular to general.
Main Results:
- Demonstration of the phenomenological data analysis method through a case study.
- Analysis of an anxiety daydream related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Illustration of the process from particular expressions to general themes.
Conclusions:
- The article provides a practical, hands-on guide to phenomenological psychological research.
- It highlights the diacritical nature of phenomenological elucidation.
- The method offers a unique approach to understanding psychological phenomena.
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