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    Conducting dyadic, relational research about endometriosis: A reflexive account of methods, ethics and data analysis

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    2018-07-06
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    Hudson, Nicky;
    Law, Caroline;
    Culley, Lorraine;
    Mitchell, H.;
    Denny, E.;
    Raine-Fenning, N.
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    Despite a growing literature on the value of relational data in studies of social phenomena, individuals still commonly constitute the basic unit of analysis in qualitative research. Methodological aspects of interviewing couples, particularly interviewing partners separately, and of conducting dyadic analysis have received scant attention. This article describes the experience of conducting separate interviews with both partners in 22 heterosexual couples (n = 44) in a study of the impact of the gynaecological condition endometriosis. In order to advance current methodological thinking regarding interviewing couples, we describe the dyadic, relational approach employed in designing the study and our specific method of dyadic analysis. We argue that utilising separate interviews with dyadic analysis rather than conducting joint interviews, while not without its ethical, practical and analytical challenges, offers considerable methodological benefits. Such an approach allows a unique relational insight into the impact of chronic illness on couples and how they navigate chronic illness by illuminating both shared and individual interpretations, experiences, understandings and meanings
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    Citation : Hudson, N., Law, C., Culley, L., Mitchell, H., Denny, E., Raine-Fenning, N. (2018) Conducting dyadic, relational research about endometriosis: A reflexive account of methods, ethics and data analysis, Health, 24 (1), pp. 79-93
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    http://hdl.handle.net/2086/16375
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    https://doi.org/10.1177/1363459318786539
    ISSN : 1461-7196
    Research Group : Centre for Reproduction Research
    Research Institute : Centre for Reproduction Research (CRR)
    Peer Reviewed : Yes
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