IPA References

Some key references for IPA research

  • Borg Xuereb, C.,Shaw, R.L. & Lane, D. (2015). Patients’ and physicians’ experiences of atrial fibrillation consultations and anticoagulation decision-making: a multi-perspective IPA design. Psychology & Health, DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2015.1116534.
  • Brocki J.J.M, Wearden A.J. (2006). “A critical evaluation of the use of interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) in health psychology”. Psychology and Health, 21(1), 87 – 108
  • Burton, A.E.,Shaw, R.L. & Gibson, J.M. (2015). Living together with age-related macular degeneration: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of sense-making within a dyadic relationship. Journal of Health Psychology, 20(10), 1285-1295. DOI: 10.1177/1359105313511134.
  • Dickson, A., Knussen, C. & Flowers, P. (2007). Stigma and the delegitimation experience: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of people living with chronic fatigue syndrome. Psychology & Health, 22 (7), 851-867.
  • Flowers, P., Davis, Larkin, M., Church & Marriott, C. (2011) Understanding the impact of HIV diagnosis amongst gay men in Scotland: an interpretative phenomenological analysis.Psychology and Health, 26:10, 13781391. dx.doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2010.551213
  • Larkin, M., & Griffiths, M.D. (2002). Experiences of addiction and recovery: the case for subjective accounts. Addiction Research & Theory, 10, 281-311.
  • McGregor, L., Dickson, A., Flowers, P; Hayes, P. & O’Carroll, R.E. (2014) Reclaiming their lives: The decision-making process in living liver donation- an interpretative phenomenological case study analysis of one couple. Psychology & Health, 29 (12), 1373-1387.
  • Palmer, M., Larkin, M., de Visser, R. & Fadden, G. (2010). Developing an interpretative phenomenological approach to focus group data. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 7 (2), 99-121.
  • Reid, K., Flowers, P. & Larkin, M. (2005). Exploring lived experience: an introduction to interpretative phenomenological analysis. The Psychologist, 18, 20-23.
  • Shaw, R. (2010). Embedding reflexivity within experiential qualitative psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 7 (3), 23-243.
  • Smith, J.A. (2011). “Evaluating the contribution of interpretative phenomenological analysis”. Health Psychology Review, 5(1), 9-27
  • Smith, J.A. (2003) (ed) Qualitative Psychology: A Practical Guide to Research Methods. London: Sage.
  • Smith, J.A. (1996)”Beyond the divide between cognition and discourse: Using interpretative phenomenological analysis in health psychology”. Psychology & Health, 11(2), 261-271
  • Smith, J.A., Flowers, P. & Larkin, M. (2009). Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: Theory, Method & Research. Sage: London.
  • Smith, J.A. & Osborn, M. (2003) Interpretative phenomenological analysis. In J.A. Smith (Ed.), Qualitative Psychology: A Practical Guide to Research Methods.London: Sage.
  • Tomkins & Eatough, V. (2010). Reflecting on the use of IPA with focus groups: Pitfalls and potentials. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 7 (3), 244-262.
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