Interviewing Separately or as Couples? Considerations of Authenticity of Method

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4619013
AutoresBridget Taylor (0000-0002-0019-9561, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom), Hilde De Vocht (Saxion University, Enschede, The Netherlands)
Ano2011
Volume21
Fascículo11
Páginas1576-1587
Data de publicação2011-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732311415288
PMID21737568
OpenAlexW2161396006
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas64
Referências citadas38

Heideggerian researchers recognize that people and their worlds are coconstructed; people make sense of their world from within it, not detached from it. The presence of one's partner in a joint interview will therefore influence the experience of participants, and will also influence the descriptions they provide. In this article, we present a reflexive discussion of two studies in which we used Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenology to explore people's experiences of sexuality and intimacy within the context of their illness. We present the Heideggerian concepts of Dasein, authenticity and truth, and draw on extracts from our interview transcripts to exemplify the different effects of joint and one-to-one interviews. We also discuss ethical considerations regarding these different interview approaches. Heidegger's philosophy does not preferentially support either method, but helps us to be clearer about the merits and limitations of each approach. Combining both approaches provides richer understanding of phenomena

Epistemology · Human sexuality · Interview · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Gender Studies · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy · Philosophy · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology