Nicola Morrell-Scott 1 Show Affiliations »
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Collecting data in phenomenological research can be difficult and an often under-explored area of data collection is the use of diaries. AIM: To enable the reader to understand how diaries can be used to collect data in phenomenological research. DISCUSSION: The author discusses how diaries can provide unadulterated insight into a phenomenon. CONCLUSION: Diaries can be useful to gain a personal insight into a phenomenon. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Diaries can be a challenge for those maintaining them, but offer a personal insight which can be useful as a data collection method and also cathartic for the participant. ©2018 RCN Publishing Company Ltd. All rights reserved. Not to be copied, transmitted or recorded in any way, in whole or part, without prior permission of the publishers.
BACKGROUND: Collecting data in phenomenological research can be difficult and an often under-explored area of data collection is the use of diaries. AIM: To enable the reader to understand how diaries can be used to collect data in phenomenological research. DISCUSSION: The author discusses how diaries can provide unadulterated insight into a phenomenon. CONCLUSION: Diaries can be useful to gain a personal insight into a phenomenon. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Diaries can be a challenge for those maintaining them, but offer a personal insight which can be useful as a data collection method and also cathartic for the participant . ©2018 RCN Publishing Company Ltd. All rights reserved. Not to be copied, transmitted or recorded in any way, in whole or part, without prior permission of the publishers.
Entities: Species
Keywords:
data collection; diaries; nursing research; personal reflection; phenomenology; qualitative research
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Year: 2018
PMID： 29546964 DOI： 10.7748/nr.2018.e1527
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nurse Res ISSN： 1351-5578