Karin Dahlberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 79852 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karin Dahlberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karin |
| FAMILY NAME | Dahlberg |
| SIGNATURE | DAHLBERG K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Växjö Kommun |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 117 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Phenomenological Research
In this presentation of the what, why and how of phenomenological research, we describe phenomenological philosophy as the foundation for a phenomenological approach to human science research. From this, we extract both the theory and practice of phenomenological research.
The Meaning of Essences
As long as there has been phenomenological empirical research, the relationship to the philosophical foundation has been a matter of dispute. One such example we find in a recent publication, where Byrne accuses us of misreading Husserl and his idea of essences. We hold that our reading of Husserl is accurate. We agree that phenomenological research is not simply about practicing phenomenological philosophical concepts, and we also argue how impo…
Validation of the Swedish version of HLS19-Q12
Health literacy (HL) is a critical determinant of health, as it affects health behavior and outcomes, in addition to equity in health. This study aimed to translate, culturally adapt, and validate the Swedish version of HLS19-Q12 (HLS19-Q12-SE). The HLS19-Q12 is a widely used instrument that consists of 12-items and is often used to assess HL in Europe. A convergent mixed-methods design was applied, including cognitive interviews (n = 8) and psyc…
Phenomenology of Science and the Art of Radical Questioning
For some time, critique has been raised against the application of phenomenological philosophy in empirical research. In this article, we listen to the critical voices with the aim to revisit the connection between phenomenology as philosophy and its empirical practice in research. We claim that it is the question of how philosophy has been, or can be, used in empirical research that is at stake. We thus suggest a fruitful way of benefiting from …
Open and Reflective Lifeworld Research
With the mission in mind to articulate an approach that is scientifically competent to meet the appeals from health care, education, social work, and other disciplines, the theme of this article is to rethink the essential ideas of phenomenological and hermeneutical research approaches, by exploring their philosophical underpinnings and especially the essential ontological idea of inseparability. We examine the fissure between approaches that fav…
Researching Health Care as a Meaningful Practice
Being able to describe how research findings become evidence is crucial in providing a justification for all kinds of research findings. However, qualitative researchers in health care, including those who conduct phenomenological research, are usually fairly modest when it comes qualifying their research findings as such. We advocate a view of evidence for phenomenological research, an approach that is rooted in philosophy of science, including …
Interpreters in Cross-Cultural Interviews
Our focus in this article is research interviews that involve two languages. We present an epistemological and methodological analysis of the meaning of qualitative interviewing with an interpreter. The results of the analysis show that such interviewing is not simply exchanging words between two languages, but means understanding, grasping the essential meanings of the spoken words, which requires an interpreter to bridge the different horizons …
The Meaning of Close Relationships and Sexuality
Relationships and sexuality following heart attack (MI) have been studied; nevertheless, little is known about the meaning of social support and relationships to health and well-being after an MI. To our knowledge, no qualitative studies have further investigated the phenomenon. In this study we explore the meaning of close relationships and sexuality to women's health and well-being following MI. Ten women were interviewed using a reflective lif…
Nothing Is Ever Perfect”
Elderly women's experiences of living with fall risk in a fragile body
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the lived experience of fall risk from a lifeworld perspective in elderly women with previous fragility fractures. Thirteen elderly women with a high risk of fall and fracture, aged 76-86, living in their own homes in rural areas, were recruited from a voluntary fracture prevention programme. All women had a history of fragility fractures and were interviewed in their homes from spring to autum…
To Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
The primary responsibility of prehospital emergency personnel at out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) is to provide lifesaving care. Ethical considerations, decisions, and actions should be based in the patient's beliefs about health and well-being. In this article, we describe patients' experiences of surviving OHCA. By using a phenomenological approach, we focus on how OHCA influences patients' well-being over time. Nine survivors were interv…
Experiencing Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
When patients suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA), significant others find themselves with no choice about being there. After the event they are often left with unanswered questions about the life-threatening circumstances, or the patient's death, or emergency treatment and future needs. When it is unclear how the care and the event itself will affect significant others' well-being, prehospital emergency personnel face ethical decisions…
Mental health literacy and attitudes in a Swedish community sample – Investigating the role of personal experience of mental health care
Mental health literacy, specially concerning attitudes towards interventions is associated with personal history of mental health care
Lifeworld-led healthcare is more than patient-led care
The essence of essences – the search for meaning structures in phenomenological analysis of lifeworld phenomena
Phenomena may preferably be appreciated as essences, and describing phenomena and their essences is a common methodological goal in phenomenological research, e.g. in the area of health and well-being. Consequently it is important to explore the meaning of essences, thereby answering the questions, What are phenomenological essences? How do they come to be? What are their characteristics? In this article I suggest some possible answers to these q…
The Publication of Qualitative Research Findings
The publication of research findings is sometimes considered almost unrelated to the research, as something 'coming after,' when the research is complete. The essence of this short article is an argument against this idea. However, a common problem is that the form of publication is ruled not by the research but by, for example, research tradition. In Sweden, it has been common to publish extensive findings in the social sciences as reports, wher…
To not make definite what is indefinite
This paper explores the basics of human science, namely within the understanding of perception, which in fact is about how we as humans are in relationship to the world. There are several philosophical and psychological traditions trying to explain the nature of perception, the perceived, and the role of the perceiver. An idea that we argue against is that perception is about a changing subject perceiving a constant world, which means that there …
The Enigma of Severe Mental Illness
Today mental health professionals are challenged in supporting people with severe mental illness that live within their communities. The community treatment is, however, characterized by an uncertainty about how to best support them in their everyday lives, and professionals from different disciplines often have divergent opinions about the care. The aim of this study is to explicate the existential meaning of living with severe mental illness. I…
Lifeworld-led healthcare is more than patient-led care
Open and Reflective Lifeworld Research
With the mission in mind to articulate an approach that is scientifically competent to meet the appeals from health care, education, social work, and other disciplines, the theme of this article is to rethink the essential ideas of phenomenological and hermeneutical research approaches, by exploring their philosophical underpinnings and especially the essential ontological idea of inseparability. We examine the fissure between approaches that fav…
Interpreters in Cross-Cultural Interviews
Our focus in this article is research interviews that involve two languages. We present an epistemological and methodological analysis of the meaning of qualitative interviewing with an interpreter. The results of the analysis show that such interviewing is not simply exchanging words between two languages, but means understanding, grasping the essential meanings of the spoken words, which requires an interpreter to bridge the different horizons …
Researching Health Care as a Meaningful Practice
Being able to describe how research findings become evidence is crucial in providing a justification for all kinds of research findings. However, qualitative researchers in health care, including those who conduct phenomenological research, are usually fairly modest when it comes qualifying their research findings as such. We advocate a view of evidence for phenomenological research, an approach that is rooted in philosophy of science, including …
Phenomenology of Science and the Art of Radical Questioning
For some time, critique has been raised against the application of phenomenological philosophy in empirical research. In this article, we listen to the critical voices with the aim to revisit the connection between phenomenology as philosophy and its empirical practice in research. We claim that it is the question of how philosophy has been, or can be, used in empirical research that is at stake. We thus suggest a fruitful way of benefiting from …
To Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
The primary responsibility of prehospital emergency personnel at out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) is to provide lifesaving care. Ethical considerations, decisions, and actions should be based in the patient's beliefs about health and well-being. In this article, we describe patients' experiences of surviving OHCA. By using a phenomenological approach, we focus on how OHCA influences patients' well-being over time. Nine survivors were interv…
Elderly women's experiences of living with fall risk in a fragile body
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the lived experience of fall risk from a lifeworld perspective in elderly women with previous fragility fractures. Thirteen elderly women with a high risk of fall and fracture, aged 76-86, living in their own homes in rural areas, were recruited from a voluntary fracture prevention programme. All women had a history of fragility fractures and were interviewed in their homes from spring to autum…
Experiencing Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
When patients suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA), significant others find themselves with no choice about being there. After the event they are often left with unanswered questions about the life-threatening circumstances, or the patient's death, or emergency treatment and future needs. When it is unclear how the care and the event itself will affect significant others' well-being, prehospital emergency personnel face ethical decisions…
The Publication of Qualitative Research Findings
The publication of research findings is sometimes considered almost unrelated to the research, as something 'coming after,' when the research is complete. The essence of this short article is an argument against this idea. However, a common problem is that the form of publication is ruled not by the research but by, for example, research tradition. In Sweden, it has been common to publish extensive findings in the social sciences as reports, wher…
The Enigma of Severe Mental Illness
Today mental health professionals are challenged in supporting people with severe mental illness that live within their communities. The community treatment is, however, characterized by an uncertainty about how to best support them in their everyday lives, and professionals from different disciplines often have divergent opinions about the care. The aim of this study is to explicate the existential meaning of living with severe mental illness. I…
To not make definite what is indefinite
This paper explores the basics of human science, namely within the understanding of perception, which in fact is about how we as humans are in relationship to the world. There are several philosophical and psychological traditions trying to explain the nature of perception, the perceived, and the role of the perceiver. An idea that we argue against is that perception is about a changing subject perceiving a constant world, which means that there …
The essence of essences – the search for meaning structures in phenomenological analysis of lifeworld phenomena
Phenomena may preferably be appreciated as essences, and describing phenomena and their essences is a common methodological goal in phenomenological research, e.g. in the area of health and well-being. Consequently it is important to explore the meaning of essences, thereby answering the questions, What are phenomenological essences? How do they come to be? What are their characteristics? In this article I suggest some possible answers to these q…
The Publication of Qualitative Research Findings
The publication of research findings is sometimes considered almost unrelated to the research, as something 'coming after,' when the research is complete. The essence of this short article is an argument against this idea. However, a common problem is that the form of publication is ruled not by the research but by, for example, research tradition. In Sweden, it has been common to publish extensive findings in the social sciences as reports, wher…
Mental health literacy and attitudes in a Swedish community sample – Investigating the role of personal experience of mental health care
Mental health literacy, specially concerning attitudes towards interventions is associated with personal history of mental health care
Lifeworld-led healthcare is more than patient-led care
The Meaning of Close Relationships and Sexuality
Relationships and sexuality following heart attack (MI) have been studied; nevertheless, little is known about the meaning of social support and relationships to health and well-being after an MI. To our knowledge, no qualitative studies have further investigated the phenomenon. In this study we explore the meaning of close relationships and sexuality to women's health and well-being following MI. Ten women were interviewed using a reflective lif…
Nothing Is Ever Perfect”
Elderly women's experiences of living with fall risk in a fragile body
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the lived experience of fall risk from a lifeworld perspective in elderly women with previous fragility fractures. Thirteen elderly women with a high risk of fall and fracture, aged 76-86, living in their own homes in rural areas, were recruited from a voluntary fracture prevention programme. All women had a history of fragility fractures and were interviewed in their homes from spring to autum…
To Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
The primary responsibility of prehospital emergency personnel at out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) is to provide lifesaving care. Ethical considerations, decisions, and actions should be based in the patient's beliefs about health and well-being. In this article, we describe patients' experiences of surviving OHCA. By using a phenomenological approach, we focus on how OHCA influences patients' well-being over time. Nine survivors were interv…
Experiencing Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
When patients suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA), significant others find themselves with no choice about being there. After the event they are often left with unanswered questions about the life-threatening circumstances, or the patient's death, or emergency treatment and future needs. When it is unclear how the care and the event itself will affect significant others' well-being, prehospital emergency personnel face ethical decisions…
Interpreters in Cross-Cultural Interviews
Our focus in this article is research interviews that involve two languages. We present an epistemological and methodological analysis of the meaning of qualitative interviewing with an interpreter. The results of the analysis show that such interviewing is not simply exchanging words between two languages, but means understanding, grasping the essential meanings of the spoken words, which requires an interpreter to bridge the different horizons …
Researching Health Care as a Meaningful Practice
Being able to describe how research findings become evidence is crucial in providing a justification for all kinds of research findings. However, qualitative researchers in health care, including those who conduct phenomenological research, are usually fairly modest when it comes qualifying their research findings as such. We advocate a view of evidence for phenomenological research, an approach that is rooted in philosophy of science, including …
Phenomenology of Science and the Art of Radical Questioning
For some time, critique has been raised against the application of phenomenological philosophy in empirical research. In this article, we listen to the critical voices with the aim to revisit the connection between phenomenology as philosophy and its empirical practice in research. We claim that it is the question of how philosophy has been, or can be, used in empirical research that is at stake. We thus suggest a fruitful way of benefiting from …
Open and Reflective Lifeworld Research
With the mission in mind to articulate an approach that is scientifically competent to meet the appeals from health care, education, social work, and other disciplines, the theme of this article is to rethink the essential ideas of phenomenological and hermeneutical research approaches, by exploring their philosophical underpinnings and especially the essential ontological idea of inseparability. We examine the fissure between approaches that fav…
Validation of the Swedish version of HLS19-Q12
Health literacy (HL) is a critical determinant of health, as it affects health behavior and outcomes, in addition to equity in health. This study aimed to translate, culturally adapt, and validate the Swedish version of HLS19-Q12 (HLS19-Q12-SE). The HLS19-Q12 is a widely used instrument that consists of 12-items and is often used to assess HL in Europe. A convergent mixed-methods design was applied, including cognitive interviews (n = 8) and psyc…
Phenomenological Research
In this presentation of the what, why and how of phenomenological research, we describe phenomenological philosophy as the foundation for a phenomenological approach to human science research. From this, we extract both the theory and practice of phenomenological research.
The Meaning of Essences
As long as there has been phenomenological empirical research, the relationship to the philosophical foundation has been a matter of dispute. One such example we find in a recent publication, where Byrne accuses us of misreading Husserl and his idea of essences. We hold that our reading of Husserl is accurate. We agree that phenomenological research is not simply about practicing phenomenological philosophical concepts, and we also argue how impo…
Psychology (13 works) · Epistemology (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Qualitative research (6 works) · Lifeworld (5 works) · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Social science (5 works)