Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis - Theory, Method and Research (Broché)

This book presents a comprehensive guide to interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), an increasingly popular approach to qualitative inquiry and a method of growing impact in research. 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 of the book, 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. Each of these chapters also offers a guide to other good exemplars of IPA research in the designated area. 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.
The book is written in an accessible style and will be extremely useful to undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers in psychology and related disciplines in the health and social sciences.