Facilitating the voice of disabled women: the biographic narrative interpretive method (BNIM) in action

Peta, Christine; Wengraf, Tom; McKenzie, Judith

doi:10.1080/21582041.2018.1450520

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“…BNIM originates from a narrative biographical method originally used in a study conducted in the 1970s examining the experiences of Holocaust survivors (Fischer‐Rosenthal and Rosenthal, 1997). It is recognised for its effectiveness in encouraging participants to express their experiences (Mooney, 2021; Peta et al ., 2019; Wengraf, 2001). The method is appropriate for smaller samples (Jones, 2003; Peta et al ., 2019) and compares favourably to similar narrative methodologies (Corbally and O'Neill, 2014).…”

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How Adults Tell: A Study of Adults' Experiences of Disclosure to Child Protection Social Work Services

Mooney

2021

Child Abuse Review

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This paper presents the findings of a study examining adult disclosures of childhood sexual abuse to child protection social work services in the Republic of Ireland. Limited literature indicates that adults can have negative experiences when disclosing childhood abuse; this is primarily owing to a lack of training, policy and guidance for practitioners, and legal complexities regarding allegations of abuse. This study used a biographic‐narrative interpretive method (BNIM) to gather the experiences of adults who engaged with child protection social work services. The findings were analysed using both BNIM panel analysis and open, axial and selective coding. Six main themes were identified, and the findings are discussed under three headings: (1) the system as a barrier presents the various influences that acted as barriers for adults coming forward to disclose; (2) issues of power examines the influence of power from the time of abuse throughout the adults' life courses and their interactions with services; and (3) the system as a facilitator presents practice and policy recommendations based on participants' narratives and the wider research literature. Implications for child protection practice in this extremely sensitive and sometimes controversial area are considered. Key Practitioner Messages A number of complex socioecological factors need to be considered when receiving and assessing adult disclosures of childhood sexual abuse. Dynamics of abuse and disclosure may be similar; any understanding of an experience of childhood sexual abuse should also involve an understanding of experiences of disclosure. Basic practices such as providing information, clarity and frequent communication may address potentially harmful dynamics of power and control that can exist in respect of disclosure of childhood trauma.

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How Adults Tell: A Study of Adults' Experiences of Disclosure to Child Protection Social Work Services

Mooney

2021

Child Abuse Review

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“…As a method, it is orientated towards capturing people's life stories, whilst taking an open consideration of the research topic by leaning towards unstructured interviewing (Wengraf 2001(Wengraf , 2015. This empowers participants with disability, rather than consigning them to the position of passive research subject (Peta, Wengraf & McKenzie 2018).…”

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“…BNIM may be used for empathetic bonding with marginalized young people (Hesketh 2014) and for the retrospective study of macro-societal events, such as recession, as rehearsed in existing projects (see Chamberlayne, Rustin & Wengraf 2002). Furthermore, BNIM has particular benefits in the context of disability as outlined by Peta, Wengraf and McKenzie (2018). In this way, it is emancipatory, rather than simply participatory, in methodological nature.…”

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“…It facilitates the voice of participants with disability, including contribution to knowledge in formal academia as pursued through this paper. Socio-biographic narrative accounts portray the meaningful lives children with disability lead, contrary to tragedy definitions of disablement (Peta, Wengraf & McKenzie 2018). Moreover, in line with the biographic turn in modern social sciences, both agentic and societal aspects of participants lives are balanced.…”

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“…Moreover, in line with the biographic turn in modern social sciences, both agentic and societal aspects of participants lives are balanced. Finally, BNIM does not fail to substantially account for psycho-social, historical, and cultural aspects of narrative life story (Peta, Wengraf & McKenzie 2018;Wengraf 2001). As Corbally and O'Neill (2014) articulate, this is important, because some life decisions are not intelligible without their historic context.…”

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Life Stories of the Economic Recession: Biographical Narrative Interpretative Method (BNIM) and the Lived Experience of Disability in Times of Austerity

Flynn

2019

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

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In 2008, Ireland was impacted by global economic recession. Recession in Ireland was exceptionally severe and contrasted starkly to extraordinary prosperity immediately before. A comprehensive field of statistical data has since emerged indicating that children were particularly socioeconomically impacted. Within this, children with disability and their families were shown to have been at heightened risk. This paper presents research findings of a Biographical Narrative Interpretative Method that addressed the lack of qualitative research on the lived experience of disability in Ireland during recession. It presents three life stories of a young person with intellectual disability, his mother, and a social worker in their affiliated disability service. A theoretical reading of the cases through an affirmative non-tragedy lens and then from within an overarching critical disability studies perspective follows. Among the conclusions is that better measures to safeguard the lived experience of disability in future capitalist crises are obligatory.

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Introduction: Narrative Research with Children and Young People

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Brady

2020

Studies in Childhood and Youth

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Facilitating the voice of disabled women: the biographic narrative interpretive method (BNIM) in action

Cited by 8 publications

References 17 publications

How Adults Tell: A Study of Adults' Experiences of Disclosure to Child Protection Social Work Services

How Adults Tell: A Study of Adults' Experiences of Disclosure to Child Protection Social Work Services

Life Stories of the Economic Recession: Biographical Narrative Interpretative Method (BNIM) and the Lived Experience of Disability in Times of Austerity

Introduction: Narrative Research with Children and Young People

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