Graham Stew
Biographic Data
| ID | 248177 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Graham Stew |
| GIVEN NAMES | Graham |
| FAMILY NAME | Stew |
| SIGNATURE | STEW G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Brighton |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8638-7300 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Embroidering as a transformative occupation
The influence of arts on health has long been researched but often in general terms or related to a patient population. Specific practice within everyday life remains under investigated. In this paper I argue that embroidering is an occupation where limited knowledge exists about how engagement might influence health. This qualitative narrative inquiry-based study was situated in the United Kingdom and gathered discursive data over 6 months with …
Transitioning from adolescence to adulthood for young people living with cerebral palsy: A meta-ethnography
Transitioning from adolescence to adulthood appears to be a challenging period for young people living with cerebral palsy. The aim of this review was to highlight the challenges that might be experienced during this period. A systematic search of the literature and meta-ethnographic review examined seven qualitative research papers providing a detailed synthesis in the form of three domains summarised as ‘meaningful preparation for transition’, …
The Work of Hermeneutic Phenomenology
This paper is an illustration of the application of a hermeneutic phenomenological study. The theory of meaning and interpretation, drawing on philosophical hermeneutics and the work of Gadamer and Heidegger, and its alignment with phenomenological thought is presented. The paper explains and aims to make visible how key concerns in relation to the fusion of horizons, hermeneutic understanding, hermeneutic circle and hermeneutic phenomenological …
The Meaningful Lived Space of the Acute Stroke Unit: Creating Maps to Evoke the Experience of Stroke Survivors and Health Care Practitioners
Despite advocates for aesthetic forms of presentation in qualitative enquiry, for going beyond thin description, to share evocative forms of representation that resonate with that (Todres, 2008; Todres & Galvin, 2008), qualitative research in the health care field continues to favor conventional methods. This article adds to existing knowledge by articulating the innovative creation and value of aesthetic offerings in the unique form of visual ma…
The acute stroke unit as a meaningful space: The lived experience of healthcare practitioners
Rethinking Occupational Deprivation and Boredom
Boredom is associated with a range of problematic feelings and behaviour, and may be on the increase. There is a popular assumption supported by occupational science which suggests that the experience arises from a lack of occupation, however, it is not clear why boredom should still exist when most people in affluent societies have more opportunity for engagement than ever before. This paper explores boredom in literature from the arts as well a…
Exploring Optimal Experiences: A Reversal Theory Perspective of Flow and Occupational Science
This article introduces reversal theory in relation to flow theory and occupational science. The reasons why reversal theory might be compatible with research into the flow process are explored. Reversal theory itself is described and the methods by which people are thought to move between domains and metamotivational states are explained. The variety of research underpinning reversal theory is examined and an explanation for the limited research…
A Reversal Theory Exploration of Flow Process and the Flow Channel
This article follows on from a previous discussion paper Exploring optimal experiences: A reversal theory perspective of flow and occupational science, which argued the utility of reversal theory for increasing understanding of optimal experiences of engagement in occupation. Flow has been argued to be an optimal experience that occurs when people get so absorbed in what they are doing that they lose track of time and forget everything else. This…
I Have Mastered the Challenge of Living With a Chronic Disease: Life Stories of People With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Our aim with this study was to explore the narrative life story of individuals diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. An open qualitative approach, namely narrative biographic methodology, was applied to include the life context of the participants and to deliberately exclude predefinitions of concepts. Ten people with rheumatoid arthritis who retired early because of the disease participated and were interviewed three times according to a narrativ…
Further Explorations into the Conundrum of Flow Process
This study builds on previous research that has aimed to clarify uncertainties regarding what happens before, during and after a ‘flow’ experience, a psychological state that appears to arise during optimal human experience. A phenomenological approach was taken to examine the flow experiences of seven participants. The method included participants keeping journals and semi-structured interviews. The flow process seemed to vary between challenge-…
The phenomenon of boredom
Boredom remains a poorly understood phenomenon despite its evident association with dysfunctional behavior and mental health problems. However, little research has been devoted to the topic, and the bulk of studies have almost exclusively been quantitative in design. For this reason, a qualitative, interpretive phenomenological study was carried out, during which ten participants were asked for their accounts of the experience of boredom. These p…
The Work of Hermeneutic Phenomenology
This paper is an illustration of the application of a hermeneutic phenomenological study. The theory of meaning and interpretation, drawing on philosophical hermeneutics and the work of Gadamer and Heidegger, and its alignment with phenomenological thought is presented. The paper explains and aims to make visible how key concerns in relation to the fusion of horizons, hermeneutic understanding, hermeneutic circle and hermeneutic phenomenological …
The phenomenon of boredom
Boredom remains a poorly understood phenomenon despite its evident association with dysfunctional behavior and mental health problems. However, little research has been devoted to the topic, and the bulk of studies have almost exclusively been quantitative in design. For this reason, a qualitative, interpretive phenomenological study was carried out, during which ten participants were asked for their accounts of the experience of boredom. These p…
The acute stroke unit as a meaningful space: The lived experience of healthcare practitioners
The Meaningful Lived Space of the Acute Stroke Unit: Creating Maps to Evoke the Experience of Stroke Survivors and Health Care Practitioners
Despite advocates for aesthetic forms of presentation in qualitative enquiry, for going beyond thin description, to share evocative forms of representation that resonate with that (Todres, 2008; Todres & Galvin, 2008), qualitative research in the health care field continues to favor conventional methods. This article adds to existing knowledge by articulating the innovative creation and value of aesthetic offerings in the unique form of visual ma…
Rethinking Occupational Deprivation and Boredom
Boredom is associated with a range of problematic feelings and behaviour, and may be on the increase. There is a popular assumption supported by occupational science which suggests that the experience arises from a lack of occupation, however, it is not clear why boredom should still exist when most people in affluent societies have more opportunity for engagement than ever before. This paper explores boredom in literature from the arts as well a…
Embroidering as a transformative occupation
The influence of arts on health has long been researched but often in general terms or related to a patient population. Specific practice within everyday life remains under investigated. In this paper I argue that embroidering is an occupation where limited knowledge exists about how engagement might influence health. This qualitative narrative inquiry-based study was situated in the United Kingdom and gathered discursive data over 6 months with …
Transitioning from adolescence to adulthood for young people living with cerebral palsy: A meta-ethnography
Transitioning from adolescence to adulthood appears to be a challenging period for young people living with cerebral palsy. The aim of this review was to highlight the challenges that might be experienced during this period. A systematic search of the literature and meta-ethnographic review examined seven qualitative research papers providing a detailed synthesis in the form of three domains summarised as ‘meaningful preparation for transition’, …
Exploring Optimal Experiences: A Reversal Theory Perspective of Flow and Occupational Science
This article introduces reversal theory in relation to flow theory and occupational science. The reasons why reversal theory might be compatible with research into the flow process are explored. Reversal theory itself is described and the methods by which people are thought to move between domains and metamotivational states are explained. The variety of research underpinning reversal theory is examined and an explanation for the limited research…
A Reversal Theory Exploration of Flow Process and the Flow Channel
This article follows on from a previous discussion paper Exploring optimal experiences: A reversal theory perspective of flow and occupational science, which argued the utility of reversal theory for increasing understanding of optimal experiences of engagement in occupation. Flow has been argued to be an optimal experience that occurs when people get so absorbed in what they are doing that they lose track of time and forget everything else. This…
The phenomenon of boredom
Boredom remains a poorly understood phenomenon despite its evident association with dysfunctional behavior and mental health problems. However, little research has been devoted to the topic, and the bulk of studies have almost exclusively been quantitative in design. For this reason, a qualitative, interpretive phenomenological study was carried out, during which ten participants were asked for their accounts of the experience of boredom. These p…
Further Explorations into the Conundrum of Flow Process
This study builds on previous research that has aimed to clarify uncertainties regarding what happens before, during and after a ‘flow’ experience, a psychological state that appears to arise during optimal human experience. A phenomenological approach was taken to examine the flow experiences of seven participants. The method included participants keeping journals and semi-structured interviews. The flow process seemed to vary between challenge-…
I Have Mastered the Challenge of Living With a Chronic Disease: Life Stories of People With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Our aim with this study was to explore the narrative life story of individuals diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. An open qualitative approach, namely narrative biographic methodology, was applied to include the life context of the participants and to deliberately exclude predefinitions of concepts. Ten people with rheumatoid arthritis who retired early because of the disease participated and were interviewed three times according to a narrativ…
Rethinking Occupational Deprivation and Boredom
Boredom is associated with a range of problematic feelings and behaviour, and may be on the increase. There is a popular assumption supported by occupational science which suggests that the experience arises from a lack of occupation, however, it is not clear why boredom should still exist when most people in affluent societies have more opportunity for engagement than ever before. This paper explores boredom in literature from the arts as well a…
Exploring Optimal Experiences: A Reversal Theory Perspective of Flow and Occupational Science
This article introduces reversal theory in relation to flow theory and occupational science. The reasons why reversal theory might be compatible with research into the flow process are explored. Reversal theory itself is described and the methods by which people are thought to move between domains and metamotivational states are explained. The variety of research underpinning reversal theory is examined and an explanation for the limited research…
A Reversal Theory Exploration of Flow Process and the Flow Channel
This article follows on from a previous discussion paper Exploring optimal experiences: A reversal theory perspective of flow and occupational science, which argued the utility of reversal theory for increasing understanding of optimal experiences of engagement in occupation. Flow has been argued to be an optimal experience that occurs when people get so absorbed in what they are doing that they lose track of time and forget everything else. This…
The acute stroke unit as a meaningful space: The lived experience of healthcare practitioners
Transitioning from adolescence to adulthood for young people living with cerebral palsy: A meta-ethnography
Transitioning from adolescence to adulthood appears to be a challenging period for young people living with cerebral palsy. The aim of this review was to highlight the challenges that might be experienced during this period. A systematic search of the literature and meta-ethnographic review examined seven qualitative research papers providing a detailed synthesis in the form of three domains summarised as ‘meaningful preparation for transition’, …
The Work of Hermeneutic Phenomenology
This paper is an illustration of the application of a hermeneutic phenomenological study. The theory of meaning and interpretation, drawing on philosophical hermeneutics and the work of Gadamer and Heidegger, and its alignment with phenomenological thought is presented. The paper explains and aims to make visible how key concerns in relation to the fusion of horizons, hermeneutic understanding, hermeneutic circle and hermeneutic phenomenological …
The Meaningful Lived Space of the Acute Stroke Unit: Creating Maps to Evoke the Experience of Stroke Survivors and Health Care Practitioners
Despite advocates for aesthetic forms of presentation in qualitative enquiry, for going beyond thin description, to share evocative forms of representation that resonate with that (Todres, 2008; Todres & Galvin, 2008), qualitative research in the health care field continues to favor conventional methods. This article adds to existing knowledge by articulating the innovative creation and value of aesthetic offerings in the unique form of visual ma…
Embroidering as a transformative occupation
The influence of arts on health has long been researched but often in general terms or related to a patient population. Specific practice within everyday life remains under investigated. In this paper I argue that embroidering is an occupation where limited knowledge exists about how engagement might influence health. This qualitative narrative inquiry-based study was situated in the United Kingdom and gathered discursive data over 6 months with …
Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Psychotherapist (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Flow Experience in Various Fields (4 works) · Medicine (4 works)