reviewHealth Psychology ReviewOct 4, 2010Closed access

Evaluating the contribution of interpretative phenomenological analysis

JAJonathan A. Smith

Birkbeck, University of London

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Abstract

Abstract This paper presents the results of a review of studies employing interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) obtained from three of the major databases: web of science, medline and psychinfo. Between 1996 and 2008, 293 papers presenting empirical IPA studies were published. Trends over time are presented. This is followed by a categorisation of the content area of that corpus. The biggest specific area of research within IPA is illness experience, it forming the subject of nearly a quarter of the corpus. The paper then describes a guide for evaluating IPA research which is used to assess the illness experience papers. Detailed summaries are provided of the papers rated as good. These summaries…

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  • Interpretative phenomenological analysis
  • Psychology
  • Subject (documents)
  • Quality (philosophy)
  • MEDLINE
  • Content analysis
  • Applied psychology
  • Data science
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Quality Education
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