Editorial Introduction to the Special Issue: <i>Using Story Completion Methods in Qualitative Research</i>

Clarke, Victoria; Braun, Virginia; Frith, Hannah; Moller, Naomi

doi:10.1080/14780887.2018.1536378

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“…As we were interested in the knowledge frameworks participants draw on when making sense of how parents engage in parenting practices during a time of crises such as COVID‐19, we decided to use the story completion method (Clarke, Braun, Frith, & Moller, 2019) and a comparative design. The story completion method asks participants to complete a story based on a story stem.…”

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“…The stories thus cannot be presumed to be descriptions of actual events, but they do provide insight into the cultural discourses available to the participants’ understanding of the topic. Their value also lies in that they do not demand participants express socially desirable viewpoints as participants are not asked to describe their own views or lives (Clarke et al, 2019). In addition, the story completion method is suitable for studies on sensitive matters (Clarke et al, 2019) such as equality and gendered dimensions of family life.…”

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Chaos ruined the children’s sleep, diet and behaviour: Gendered discourses on family life in pandemic times

Auðardóttir

Rúdólfsdóttir

2020

Gender Work & Organization

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This study adopts a feminist critical approach to explore how parenting was understood during the COVID‐19 restrictive measures in Iceland. Iceland has been known as a front runner in gender equality, and women’s participation in the workforce is high. Data consists of 97 stories that were collected during the peak of COVID‐19 in April 2020 using the story completion method. The stories were thematically analysed. Most of the participants were university‐educated women. The themes demonstrate the power of neoliberal discourses in framing parenting. Parenting during a pandemic, especially mothering, is constructed as an overwhelming project that requires detailed organization and management. There is also resistance to neoliberal governmentality through redefining successful parenthood. Furthermore, the gendered nature of domestic work is questioned, especially the traditional, inactive father who prioritizes his own needs only to fail comically in the domestic sphere. The study contributes to our understanding of gendered parenthood in neoliberal, pandemic times.

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confidence: 99%

Chaos ruined the children’s sleep, diet and behaviour: Gendered discourses on family life in pandemic times

Auðardóttir

Rúdólfsdóttir

2020

Gender Work & Organization

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“…Sample size for the broader qualitative story completion data was informed by existing literature concerning the use of story completion methods which suggests that samples can range from 20 to 200 participants (Clarke et al, 2019). However, samples on the larger end of this scale are relatively rare, with studies typically recruiting 40–60 participants (e.g.…”

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A linguistic analysis of future narratives in adolescents with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and their pain‐free peers

Nimbley

Caes

Jones

et al. 2020

European Journal of Pain

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Background Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic pain condition that often develops after injury, with a typical onset in adolescence. The impact of chronic pain is far‐reaching, with many adolescents reporting atypical developmental trajectories compared with peers. Social Comparison Theory offers a framework for understanding how such comparisons influence well‐being, whereby a heightened sense of disparity places adolescents at risk of poor cognitive, affective and social outcomes. Using a novel linguistic analysis programme, this study aims to investigate cognitive, affective and social language used by adolescents with CRPS in comparison to their peers during a task reflecting on their futures. Methods A story completion task was completed by adolescents with CPRS (n = 49) and adolescents without pain (n = 48). This task involved asking adolescents to describe their imagined future. Narratives were analysed using a novel linguistic analysis programme, focusing on the cognitive, affective and social dimensions. Results Findings revealed significant group differences in how adolescents with CRPS described their imagined futures. Adolescents with CRPS used significantly fewer positive affect and more negative affect, anger and sadness words, and greater insight and discrepancy words. No significant groups differences were found for social words. Conclusions Substantial differences in cognitive and affective words were found between adolescents with and without CRPS. Findings provide novel insights into current understandings of cognitive, affective and social processes in adolescents living with chronic pain, particularly with regard to adolescent developmental trajectories, and may in turn highlight potential targets in psychosocial interventions for adolescents living with chronic pain. Significance Social comparisons are commonly undertaken by adolescents with CRPS in relation to peers, increasing risk for poor cognitive, affective and social outcomes. Findings promote the potential importance of targeting psychosocial factors in treatments for paediatric chronic pain.

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“…Útlit og holdafar virðist einnig hafa áhrif á virðingarstöðu ungra kvenna í jafningjahópnum, rómantísk taekifaeri og vellíðan og því áhugavert að skoða hvers konar myndir þaer sjálfar draga upp af kvenlíkamanum. Rannsóknin sem hér verður gerð grein fyrir var uppistaðan í meistaraverkefni fyrri höfundar og var gögnum safnað með sögulokaaðferð (Clarke, Braun, Frith og Moller, 2019;Clarke, Hayfield, Moller og Tischner, 2017). Leiðarhnoðan er eftirfarandi rannsóknarspurning: Hvaða hugmyndum byggja ungar konur á þegar þaer túlka og gera grein fyrir mikilvaegi holdafars ungra kvenna í tengslum við stefnumót?…”

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„Þessi týpíska óörugga stelpa“: Greining á sögum ungra kvenna um holdafar og stefnumót

Sigurðardóttir¹,

Rúdólfsdóttir²

2020

Netla

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Markmið þessarar rannsóknar var að greina hugmyndir ungra kvenna (18-24 ára) um vaegi holdafars í tengslum við stefnumót. Fraeðilega sjónarhornið er femíniskur póststrúktúralismi en gagna var af lað með sögulokaaðferð þar sem þátttakendur fengu upphaf að sögu sem þeir voru beðnir um að ljúka. Þátttakendur fengu ýmist söguupphaf þar sem söguhetja, sem var að fara á stefnumót, hafði grennst eða fitnað. Alls voru 72 sögur þemagreindar. Í sögum þátttakenda voru póstfemíniskar hugmyndir áberandi en fjögur þemu voru greind: (1) Líkaminn má ekki valda (honum) vonbrigðum. Þar kom fram að grannir líkamar hafa meira virði en feitir á vettvangi stefnumótamenningar og að það sé á ábyrgð sögupersónunnar að tryggja að virði hans sé sem mest.(2) Sjálfstraust og líðan tengist ánaegju sögupersónu með útlit sitt. Í því þema kom fram að tilhugsunin um að fitna eða vera feit fyllti sögupersónuna kvíða og óöryggi. Þegar hún grenntist einkenndust sögurnar aftur á móti af gleði og aukinni eftirvaentingu fyrir stefnumótinu. Nokkrar sögur greindu einnig frá vonleysi sögupersónunnar þegar hún áttaði sig á því að sama hversu mikið hún grenntist þá var það aldrei nóg. (3) Líkaminn og sjálfið sem verkefni. Í því þema kom fram að vinnan og eftirlitið með líkamanum er stöðugt ferli og ekki haegt að slá slöku við. (4) Andóf gegn útlitskröfum felst í að taka líkamann í sátt. Í því þema mátti greina andóf gagnvart ríkjandi útlitskröfum, sérstaklega í sögum þar sem sögupersónan hafði fitnað. Áhersla var lögð á að gefa ríkjandi hugmyndum langt nef og taka líkama sinn í sátt. Rannsóknin gefur innsýn í f lókin tengsl ungra kvenna við menningarbundnar hugmyndir um líkamann og hversu mikillar vinnu við líkamann kvenleikinn krefst af þeim. Hún sýnir einnig hversu gagnleg sögulokaaðferðin er til að fá innsýn í kynjaðar menningarbundnar hugmyndir og þau tök sem þaer hafa á ungum konum.

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Editorial Introduction to the Special Issue: Using Story Completion Methods in Qualitative Research

Cited by 89 publications

References 28 publications

Chaos ruined the children’s sleep, diet and behaviour: Gendered discourses on family life in pandemic times

Chaos ruined the children’s sleep, diet and behaviour: Gendered discourses on family life in pandemic times

A linguistic analysis of future narratives in adolescents with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and their pain‐free peers

„Þessi týpíska óörugga stelpa“: Greining á sögum ungra kvenna um holdafar og stefnumót

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