Narrative Analysis in Psychological Research: An Integrated Approach to Interpreting Stories

‘The problem here is that they want to solve everything with pills’: medication use and identity among Mainland Puerto Ricans

“…We aim to gain understanding into the patients’ perspectives of medications within broader sociocultural context, and thus this study uses a qualitative approach with in-depth interviews and close analysis and interpretation (Lawton 2003; Stephens and Breheny 2013). …”

Frozen in a Moment in Time: The Experiences of Mothers Being Diagnosed With HIV Infection

“…Gaining an understanding of the HIV diagnosis experience at different points on the mothering trajectory allowed the emotional impact of the news of an HIV infection to be considered so that care provision could be more mother centered. meaning is given to disruptive health experiences (Stephens, 2011;Stephens & Breheny, 2013). Using purposive sampling, 11 in-depth interviews were conducted by the author in an Irish HIV support center.…”

Enhancing Sustainability Awareness at the University of Technology: Reflections from an On-going Transdisciplinary Research Project

“…A narrative analysis research design has been adopted in this study. This design comes naturally to the study considering the impetus it gives to researchers who are trying to make sense of everyday lived experiences of either themselves or other distinct actors through stories [18][19][20]. This design shares some similarity with phenomenology when done at a personal level, but differs when executed at interpersonal, positional or ideological levels [18].…”

“…This design comes naturally to the study considering the impetus it gives to researchers who are trying to make sense of everyday lived experiences of either themselves or other distinct actors through stories [18][19][20]. This design shares some similarity with phenomenology when done at a personal level, but differs when executed at interpersonal, positional or ideological levels [18]. In this case, the author relies on his series of interactions with different stakeholder groups at different intervals on the TRP to reflect on the influence of the TRP and the TRF on their understanding of efficient energy management in buildings through different interventions, the possible contributions that they can make based on the genre of scientific episteme they postulate as the skills that they possess and their understanding of the nexus between the phenomenon and sustainable development across multiple scales.…”