A reflection on the use of semi-structured interviews

Dearnley, Christine

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“…Dressing formally was inappropriate, it would convey a sense of authority and imply that there was a hierarchical relationship between us, additionally, it would impede the sense of equity I sought to achieve (Dearnley 2005). So, to minimise the women's sense of discomfort I adopted a causal but smart dress code, (ii) based on my observations of the women's level of literacy and how they articulated their experiences I also altered the language I used during our interactions.…”

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(Re)constructing Myself: the process of transition to motherhood for women with a disability

Lawler

Begley

Lalor

2015

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aim This paper presents a substantive theory that explains the transition to motherhood for women with a disability. Background Over the last thirty years, interest in exploring women's experiences of motherhood has increased. Extant theories on transition to motherhood originate, primarily, from the perspective and experiences of non‐disabled women with few exploring the phenomenon from the perspective and experiences of women with a disability. Those that do tend to focus on issues of accessibility, profiling the challenges that women with a disability encounter while accessing maternity services, attaining a maternal role and fulfilling the requirements of that role. Little is known about the experiences of women with a disability and their transition to motherhood and even less about the relationship of this process on the self. Design The study was conducted using a Strauss and Corbin approach to grounded theory. Method Individual interviews (n = 22) were conducted over 4 years (2008–2012). Women were interviewed during pregnancy and in the postnatal period. All interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim, imported into Nvivo 8 and analysed using the constant comparative method. Findings The substantive theory that emerged from the study provides a conceptual framework clinicians can reference when counselling, assisting and facilitating women with a disability during their preparation for and transition to motherhood. Conclusion The substantive theory presented in this paper will increase clinicians' understanding of the process involved in the transition to motherhood for women with a disability.

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(Re)constructing Myself: the process of transition to motherhood for women with a disability

Lawler

Begley

Lalor

2015

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…Additionally this technique is well suited for exploration of sensitive perceptions and opinions that sometimes may be more easily expressed in a group discussion than in an individual interview situation. Furthermore, a semi-structured interview allows greater freedom of response as well as permits reflecting on answers and developing of the discussion than in structured interviews [17,18].…”

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The Impact of the Migration on Psychosocial Well-Being: A Study of Kurdish Refugees in Resettlement Country

Fatahi¹

2013

J Community Med Health Educ

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“…Listening to the audio-recordings also helped me to improve my interview skills, by listening to how effectively I used probes to aid women in elaborating on the concepts they were conveying, and whether or not I used leading or forced questions that may have shaped participants" responses (Dearnley, 2005;Charmaz, 2006).…”

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Chronic low back pain and the construction of illness identities in women from Kuwait

Abdal¹

2016

Manual Therapy

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Chronic low back pain (CLBP) has been identified as a prominent health problem and a major cause of disability. Recent research has focussed on providing a better understanding of subjective experiences of people with CLBP; however, emphasis continues to be geared towards the physical restrictions associated with CLBP. There is a scarcity of literature that considers the relation between self and identity, and people"s experiences with CLBP. Moreover, studies have concentrated on the experiences of people in Western contexts; to date, no studies have been carried out in Middle Eastern sociocultural contexts including Kuwait. Finally, there is a deficiency of studies that focus on the particularity of the experiences of women with CLBP and the impact on identity. This is the first study that investigates how women with CLBP construct illness identities in Kuwait.This study adopted a constructivist grounded theory methodology using dimensional analysis. In line with the grounded theory (GT) approach, data collection and analysis took place concurrently. A longitudinal study design was adopted. Semi-structured interviews were used to investigate women"s perspectives on their experiences with CLBP in relation to their socio-political and cultural context. Eleven women were recruited from three musculoskeletal outpatient clinics in Kuwait. Initially, five women were purposively sampled. A follow up interview was conducted with four of those women one year after the initial interview to investigate any changes in their experiences. Subsequently, six women were theoretically sampled with the aim of comparing the influence of age, educational level, marital status, socioeconomic status and time on women"s illness experiences.The findings of this study offer the first explanatory theory of the construction of illness identities of women with CLBP in Kuwait. Women"s identities can be seen as part of a continuum from oppressed at one end to liberated at the other. Salience of oppressed identities was associated with periods of exacerbation of CLBP and passive coping behaviours. Appearance of liberated identities was accompanied with episodes of remission of CLBP and active coping approaches. Changes in women"s social circumstances, thoughts and feelings over time were related to changes in the identities they portrayed, and changes in their manifestation of CLBP and illness experiences. The substantive theory developed through this study has implications for clinical practice, education and research, and may inform physiotherapy professional development activities in Kuwait.

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A reflection on the use of semi-structured interviews

Cited by 209 publications

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(Re)constructing Myself: the process of transition to motherhood for women with a disability

(Re)constructing Myself: the process of transition to motherhood for women with a disability

The Impact of the Migration on Psychosocial Well-Being: A Study of Kurdish Refugees in Resettlement Country

Chronic low back pain and the construction of illness identities in women from Kuwait

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