Exploring the positive experiences of heterosexual fathers who parent gay sons: A phenomenological approach.

Though outsourcing has created enormous employment potential in India’s information technology enabled services/business process outsourcing (ITES/BPO) sector, the implications for employees remain to be understood. The present paper describes employee experiences in telemarketing outbound call centers in Bangalore and Mumbai, India. Following van Manen’s (1998) hermeneutic phenomenological approach, data were collected through unstructured conversational interviews with 18 telemarketing agents identified vi a snowball sampling and were subject to holistic and sententious thematic analyses. Reconciling dichotomous experiences at work was the label used to capture participants’ core experiences and indicated that while participants’ simultaneous positive and negative experiences contributed to a sense of concomitant stress and well-being, they employed various strategies to maintain a balance between positive experiences/well-being and negative experiences/stress.

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Illness identity on social media: a qualitative content analysis of #bpd

Australasian Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/1039856220981802 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 103985622098180

Author(s):

Alyssa Chan

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Online Community ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Wide Spectrum ◽

Phenomenological Approach ◽

Illness Representations ◽

Media Image ◽

Image Sharing ◽

The Social ◽

Positive Experiences

Objective: To explore the themes related to self and illness representations in a public online community. Method: This project utilised an inductive process of data analysis with a phenomenological approach. Two hundred images from the social media image-sharing platform Instagram were described, coded and organised into themes. Results: Five themes were identified: the fragmented and obscured self; trepidation and disappointment about the threatening and persecutory world; an existence built of illness and symptoms; finding comfort in the natural and built environment; and sharing hope and positive experiences of growth. Conclusions: #bpd encompassed a variety of content types, with a wide spectrum of emotional tones expressed through photographs, written communication and artwork.

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The Experiences of Parents and Facilitators in a Positive Parenting Program

The Qualitative Report ◽

10.46743/2160-3715/2020.3738 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Lauren Stenason ◽

Jessie Moorman ◽

Elisa Romano

Keyword(s):

Parenting Practices ◽

Qualitative Methodology ◽

Phenomenological Approach ◽

Program Improvement ◽

Positive Parenting ◽

Physical Punishment ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Positive Discipline ◽

Group Members ◽

Positive Experiences

The researchers examined facilitators’ and parents’ experiences with the Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting (PDEP) program through qualitative methodology. PDEP is a primary prevention program that teaches parents to move away from physical punishment and toward conflict resolution and positive parenting that focuses on stages of child development. Using a phenomenological approach, we conducted focus groups using semi-structured interviews with four PDEP facilitators and seven parents who completed the program. Parents and facilitators indicated that PDEP helped them learn new ways of thinking about parenting and contributed to overall changes in their parenting approach, including finding a balance of structured and sensitive parenting practices. Factors that contributed to positive experiences included the coherence and continuity among program modules, use of concrete examples to demonstrate concepts, supportive facilitators and fellow group members, and the provision of childcare. Suggestions for program improvement included the use of even more concrete examples to demonstrate parenting concepts, longer program duration, and greater flexibility in program delivery. These findings are important for further adaptations to the PDEP program. These findings may also be generalized to parenting programs that share similar core principles.

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Young Women's Experiences of Coping with Violence in Intimate Relationships

Journal of Mental Health Counseling ◽

10.17744/1040-2861-37.3.250 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 37 (3) ◽

pp. 250-267 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marina Ursa ◽

Corinne Koehn

Keyword(s):

Intimate Relationships ◽

Phenomenological Approach ◽

Future Research ◽

Health Practice ◽

Personal Beliefs ◽

Spiritual Beliefs ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Positive Experiences ◽

The Relationship

This study examined the lived experiences of coping with physically violent living-as-married or marital relationships for women aged 19–24. Information was collected from five women through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using the transcendental phenomenological approach (Moustakas, 1994). Three major themes emerged from their experiences. The first, within-person coping, involved self-soothing, enjoying positive experiences, cognitively rationalizing and minimizing violence, and personal beliefs, including spiritual beliefs. The second, managing violence within the relationship, included purposeful communication, managing violence, and escape. The third related to experiences with informal and formal support. Spirituality and the role of others are also explored in some detail. Implications for clinical mental health practice and directions for future research are discussed.

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