Publication details
Between the Worlds of the Disabled and the Healthy: A Narrative Analysis of Autobiographical Conversation
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | In D. Robinson, P. Fisher, Yeadon-Lee, T., Robinson, S.J., Woodcock,P. (eds), Narrative, Memory, and Identities |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Psychology |
| Keywords | parents; physically handicaped child; autobiographical interview; narrative analysis |
| Description | The paper represents a methodological reflection of research, that studied the parents experience of physically handicapped children. Hermeneutic narrative approach was used as a theoretical and methodological background for this study. The sample consisted of 10 parents of physically handicapped children. The research was based on autobiographical interviews that were facilitated by the life-line method. The authors mainly focused on the progress from the data collecting to the emersion of relevant narrative categories. Agency and positioning are explored in detail. |