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Book SynopsisIn this book, Scott D. Churchill introduces readers to existential phenomenological research, an approach that seeks an in-depth, embodied understanding of subjective human existence that reflects a person's values, purposes, ideals, intentions, emotions, and relationships.
Table of ContentsSeries Foreword—Clara E. Hill and Sarah Knox
1. Conceptual Foundations of Existential Phenomenological Research
The “Human Science” Approach as a Way of Seeing
What Is the Key Insight of Existential Phenomenology?
Summary
2. Getting Started: Selecting an Experience to Study
Formulating a Research Question
Summary
3. Collecting the Data
Attending to Ethical Considerations
Selecting Participants
Developing an Experiential “Approach” to Data Collection
Data-Generating Activities
4. First Phase of Data Analysis: Focusing on Moments Within the Whole
Doing Psychology Phenomenologically
Mentoring EPR in the Classroom: Training the Research Team
Summary
5. Second Phase of Data Analysis: Comprehensive Synthesis
Individual Structural Description: A Comprehensive Synthesis
General Structural Description: The Intuition of Essential Meaning
Summary
6. Writing the Research Report
Introduction Section
Method Section
Results Section
Discussion Section
Summary
7. Conclusions
The Place of Phenomenology Within the Qualitative Tradition
Achieving Methodological Integrity
Strengths, Limitations, and Future Directions
Appendix: Exemplar Studies
References
Index
About the Author
About the Series Editors
