Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: Theory, Method and Research

by Jonathan A. Smith, Paul Flowers, Michael Larkin

Book Overview

This book presents a comprehensive guide to interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) which is an increasingly popular approach to qualitative inquiry taught to undergraduate and postgraduate students today. 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412908345
• ISBN13: 9781412908344
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.6" x 9.3"