Experience-based, body-anchored qualitative research interviewing.
Reinhard Stelter
Qualitative Health Research June 2010 DOI: 10.1177/1049732310364624 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Qualitative Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Proposes that the first-person perspective and the concept of meaning can ground a method of experience-based, body-anchored interviewing, illustrated through a methodological framework and an interview guide on personal experience with mindfulness meditation. Argues the approach is valuable for qualitative research in fields such as holistic medicine, nursing, psychotherapy, coaching, physiotherapy, and movement arts. |
Abstract
Two theoretical constructs that lay the foundation for experience-based, body-anchored interviewing are presented: the first-person perspective and the concept of meaning. These theoretical concepts are concretized, first, by means of a methodological framework for experience-based, body-anchored interviewing, and second, by an interview guide that explores a research participant's personal experience with mindfulness meditation. An excerpt from an interview is discussed to illustrate the advantages of this interview form, namely its value as a methodological instrument for qualitative research in areas such as traditional and holistic medicine, Western alternative and complementary medicine, nursing, psychotherapy, coaching, physiotherapy, movement arts, and physical education.