Exercise #8-(Article: Cognitive Representations of AIDS)
1. Methodological memos:
- Phenomenology (Article: Cognitive Representations of AIDS)
- Phenomenological Study: Describes the meaning of experiences of a phenomenon (or topic or concept) for several individuals. Reducing the experiences to a central meaning or the essence of the experience (Moustakas, 1994).
- The phenomenon: It is the concept being experienced by subjects in a study, which may include psychological concepts such as Grief, Anger, or Love.
Methodology: Colaizzi’s (1978) phenomenological method, “Rigor” was established through application of verification, validation, and validity.
- In a phenomenological study focusing on “pain”, persons with HIV/AIDS views pain as not only physical buy also an experience of loss, not knowing, and social (Laschinger & Gothergill 1999).
- Turner (2000), in a hermeneutic study of HIV-infected men and women, found that AIDS-related multiple loss was an intense, repetitive process of “grief”.
- The success of phenomenological research questions depends on the extent to which the questions touch lived experiences distinct from theoretical explanations (Colaizzi, 1978).
Structural Description (The researcher writes a description of elicit phenomenon was experienced by individuals in the study)- (Moustakas, 1994).
: “HOW” persons living with AIDS image their disease might be key to understanding medication adherence and other health behaviors.
2. Theoretical memos:
- Theoretical Framework: Cognitive
3. Analytic memos:
Step 1: sample of 58 men and women with AIDS- the researcher sets aside, as far as is humanly possible, all preconceived experiences (미리생각, 예상한 경험) to best understand the experiences of participants in the study
Step 2: From 175 significant statements, 11 themes emerged- Horizonalization (the second step in the phenomenological data analysis): The researcher lists every significant statement relevant to the topic and gives it equal value
Step 3: Coping focused on wiping AIDS out of the mind, hoping for the right drug, and caring for oneself.- Clusters of meanings: The researcher clusters the statements into themes or meaning units, removing overlapping and repetitive statement (Moustakas, 1994).
4. Faith reflection:
- Postmodern perspectives????
“The basic concept is that knowledge claims must be set within the conditions of the world today and in the multiple perspectives of class, race, gender, and other group affiliations” (Croswell 207, p. 25).
“Within the conditions of the world today” and “in the multiple perspectives” mean observation and analysis of events and incidents from various angles.....
Q: Then, can the world provide "THE TRUTH" that we can completely believe and accept? This is vague.
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