Introduction to Phenomenology

List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments About the Author Chapter 1. Introduction Part 1. Philosophical Underpinnings of the Methodology Chapter 2. Philosophy of Phenomenology Edmund Husserl Martin Heidegger Maurice Merleau-Ponty Hans-Georg Gadamer Part 2. Descriptive Phenomenology Chapter 3. Paul Colaizzi's Descriptive Phenomenological Methodology Research Question Sample Data Collection Data Analysis The Lived Experience of Postpartum Depression Examples of Research from Various Disciplines Chapter 4. Amedeo Giorgi's Descriptive Phenomenological Methodology Research Question Sample Data Collection Data Analysis Examples of Published Studies Using Giorgi's Descriptive Phenomenological Methodology Chapter 5. Adrian van Kaam's Descriptive Phenomenological Methodology and Clark Moustakas's Modification Research Question Sample Data Collection Data Analysis Examples of a Study from My Program of Research Additional Examples of Studies Using Van Kaam's Descriptive Phenomenological Approach Clark Moustakas's Modification of van Kaam's Approach Examples of Moustakas's Modification of Van Kaam's Approach Comparison of van Kaam's Methodology and Moustakas's Modification Chapter 6. Karin Dahlberg's Descriptive Phenomenological Reflective Lifeworld Research Introduction to the Reflective Lifeworld Methodology Descriptive Phenomenological Reflective Lifeworld Approach Comparison of Five Descriptive Phenomenological Methodologies Choosing one of the Descriptive Phenomenological Methods Part 3. Interpretive Phenomenology Chapter 7. Max van Manen's Hermeneutic Phenomenological Approach Research Question Sample Data Collection Data Analysis Examples of International Research from Various Disciplines Using Van Manen's Methodology Chapter 8. Patricia Benner's Interpretive Phenomenological Methodology Sample Data Analysis International Examples of Studies Using Benner's Interpretive Phenomenological Methodology Chapter 9. Jonathan Smith's Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) Research Questions Sample Data Collection Data Analysis International Examples of IPA Research from Various Disciplines Chapter 10. Karin Dahlberg's Hermeneutic Reflective Lifeworld Research Methodology Hermeneutic Reflective Lifeworld Methodology Comparison of the Four Interpretive Phenomenological Methodologies Choosing One of the Interpretive Phenomenological Methodologies Part 4. Evaluating, Writing, and Teaching Phenomenology Chapter 11. Trustworthiness in Qualitative Research Trustworthiness vs. Reliability and Validity Strategies for Enhancing Quality Criteria for Evaluating Phenomenological Research Criteria for Evaluating Qualitative Research in General Student Exercise for Evaluating a Phenomenological Study Chapter 12. Phenomenological Writing Strategies Figures Qualitative Reporting Checklists End-of-Chapter Study Activities Chapter 13. Developing a Program of Research Using Phenomenology Chapter 14. Teaching Phenomenology: Preparing Our Next Generation of Researchers Other Faculty Members' Teaching Strategies My Teaching Strategies Phenomenology Tips Glossary Appendix A. First Study Activity for Students Appendix B. Second Study Activity for Students Appendix C. Mothers' Experiences of Posttraumatic Growth Following Traumatic Childbirth: A Descriptive Phenomenological Study Proposal Appendix D. The Impact of Traumatic Birth on Mothers Caring for Their Children: An Interpretive Phenomenological Study Proposal Index