PSY321 PLAN

PSY321 PLAN

1. Thematic Analysis

   • Allows researcher to recognise important themes, patterns and relationships within data
   • More valid than reliable

2. Interview

   • Questions
     • example: Can you tell me about life before you were diagnosed with epilepsy​ How would you describe yourself at this time?​ How do you think others would have described you?​ What did having epilepsy mean to you?​ What did you think of people who had epilepsy?​ ​ Can you tell me when you first suspected you had epilepsy​ How did you feel at this time?​ What did you do?​ ​ Can you describe to me what it was like to be diagnosed with epilepsy​ How did you feel at this time?​ What did it mean to be diagnosed with epilepsy? ​ What were the reactions of others close to you?​ How did this make you feel?​ ​ Can you describe to me what happens to you when you have a seizure?​ How does it make you feel (e.g. physically/emotionally)?​ How do you feel following a seizure? (physically, emotionally?)​ ​ Can you tell me about your life now, following diagnosis​ How would you describe yourself now?​ How do you think others would describe you?​ What does having epilepsy mean
   • Sample
     • Their age, ethnicity, gender and the county they live in will be asked in order to explore differences among those particular factors.
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   • Its a semi structured interview as clients asked follow up questions if necessary in order to explore unanticipated themes and subjective meanings
   • Episodic Interviewing
   • Important to introduce interview structure ​ Begin with interviewee’s conception of topic & biographical relationship to it​ Continue to ask interviewee to recount episodes​ Clarify role of issue in interviewee’s life by asking to recount a day with reference to issue​ Focus on research question ​ Enlarge scope to more general issues​ Evaluation – ask interviewee to evaluate​ Documentation – context protocol including interviewer’s impressions

3. Ethics

4. Research Design

   • Taking a phenomenological approach (individuals experiences are primary raw data)

5. Research Question

   • The experiences of patients during the coronavirus pandemic and the indirect implications of the virus on their health