IPA - A

Question 1

meaning making

Answer 1

accept that meaning making take place in context of narratives, discourse, metaphors. primary purposes of IPA are to gain insight to experience – always intertwined with language

Question 2

elitist

Answer 2

criticism could be seen as elitist - suggesting those having access to right level of fluency are allowed to describe their experience

Question 3

lived experience

Answer 3

creates an account if lived experience in its own terms rather than one prescribed by pre-existing theoretical conceptions

Question 4

complex topics

Answer 4

useful for examining topics which are complex, ambiguous and emotionally laden e.g. pain - elusive involving complex psycho somatic interactions which are hard to articulate

Question 5

small sample

Answer 5

small sample enables micro-level reading of participants accounts

• offers possibility of some entree in understanding of the elusive condition
• inquiry is sharpened by IPA’s inductive, intepretative analysing providing illumination of what is presented + grounding that firmly in examination of what they participant has said (smith + osborn, 2015)