Doing Qualitative Research Differently: A Psychosocial Approach

Hollway, Wendy; Jefferson, Tony

doi:10.4135/9781526402233

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“…Some of the participants expressed the view that they had less fear of being judged in talking to a woman rather than a man, but the researchers were conscious that the narratives might have been different with a male interviewer. The research team, however, included a man and used self-reflection and discussion within the team and in other research discussion contexts to challenge the current analytic assumptions (Hollway & Jefferson, 2013). Some of the challenges in this regard were in relation to the authors' positioning as feminists and shared concerns about the widespread use of antidepressants; recognizing both positions might close down views that differed from the authors' own.…”

Section: Establishing Rigormentioning

confidence: 99%

Conflict in Men’s Experiences With Antidepressants

2016

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While men’s experiences of depression and help seeking are known to be shaped by gender, there is little research which examines their experience of using antidepressants to treat this. This study is based on in-depth, narrative-style interviews with 20 New Zealand men who had used antidepressants. The analysis identified a number of areas of conflict in the men’s accounts of using this medication. Conflict centered on the way taking antidepressants was seen as undermining personal control while also allowing users to take charge of their problems; facilitating general functioning while undermining sexual functioning; relieving emotional distress while undermining emotional vitality; and the tension participants felt between making autonomous judgments about the value of antidepressants and relying on the “expertise” of others. Participants negotiated these conflicts in a variety of ways. In some cases, antidepressants were positioned as being able to affirm aspects of traditional masculinity, while a smaller number of participants managed these conflicts by redefining aspects of their own masculinity in ways that contrasted with dominant constructions. This research is limited by the sample of older, more privileged men in the context of New Zealand culture which favors macho forms of masculinity. In similar contexts, mental health practitioners should be mindful of the conflicts that men might experience in relation to their antidepressant use. Facilitating men’s exploration of these issues may enable them to make better decisions about treatment options or to provide more effective support to those who have opted for antidepressant treatment.

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Section: Establishing Rigormentioning

confidence: 99%

Conflict in Men’s Experiences With Antidepressants

2016

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“…One's position is not just determined by qualities of the reason but by emotional contents, fears, anxieties that may not be directly available to deliberation and direct insight (cf., Frosh, 1999Frosh, , 2010Hollway and Jefferson, 2013;Author, 2013). As such, it is of course an important aspect of them that they cannot all too suddenly be brought to the light.…”

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On the possibility of critiquing Israel: The Times’ engagement with Israel’s deployment of white phosphorous during the first Gaza war

Kaposi

2016

Media, War & Conflict

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This paper comprises a discourse analysis of the British The Times' coverage of Israeli deployment of white phosphorous during the first Gaza war. It argues that this issue is of special theoretical importance as it demonstrates a rare instance of a medium that is considered supportive of an agent (i.e., the State of Israel) offering apparently substantial criticism of that particular agent. The paper progresses by uncovering layers of the newspaper's coverage. It starts with introducing some quantitative characteristics, moving then on to analysis proper: to explicit arguments and implicit meaning in editorials. Doing this, it argues that an understanding of the discourse around criticism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict need to account not just for overt arguments but implicit meanings which are, consciously or not, sustaining those arguments.

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“…The most notable of these modifications is the free association narrative interview (FANI) advocated by Jefferson (2008, 2013) and Wengraf (2001). Free association narrative interview draws on Schütze's tradition by its emphasis on eliciting stories, the use of open-ended questions, avoiding 'why' questions, and maintaining the discipline of staying as 'invisible' as possible, which does not imply a belief in an 'objective' interviewer (Hollway and Jefferson, 2013). In contrast to Schütze's original method, however, FANI focuses on an unconscious, rather than a conscious logic of story.…”

Section: Schütze's Biographical Interview Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%