“Listen”Women’sexperiencesof
substanceuse,domesticabuseandsupport
SarahFoxManchesterMetropolitanUniversity
SupervisoryTeam:Prof.SarahGalvani,Dr.MarianFoley,Prof.HughMcLaughlin
NavigatingMethodologyWhatamIdoingwithmylife?
• Womenmakeup30-40%ofpeopleaccessingsupportforproblematicsubstanceuseinEngland.
• 1in4womenexperiencedomesticabuseintheUK.• Women’sexperiencesofproblematicsubstanceuseanddomestic
abuseisassociatedwithhighlevelsofstigma,shameandsecrecy.• Thereareisagapinserviceprovisionforwomenaffectedby
substanceuse.• Womenwhoexperienceproblematicsubstanceusearebeing
turnedawayfromdomesticabuserefuges.
BackgroundLiterature
ResearchAim
Understandwomen’sexperiencesofsupportandhelpseekingwhentheyareaffectedbyco-occurringsubstance
useanddomesticabuse
ResearchAim
The‘Ologies’(akaResearchParadigms)
• Whatisyourviewofreality?Ontology
• Howdoweknowsomething?Epistemology
• Whatmethodsjustifyourbeliefandwhy?Methodology
Epistemology
• Typesofknowledge:constructivism/interpretivismvpositivism/empiricism
• Whatcountsasknowledge?
• Whoistheknower?
Ontology
• Doesreality/truthexist‘outthere’waitingtobefound?
• Isreality/truthdifferentforeveryperson?
• Istruthsubjective (relativist)orobjective (realist)orisitabitofboth(pragmatist)?
Methodology
• Bringsontologyandepistemologytogethertoinfluencemethod
• Ontologyandepistemologynaturallyguidethemethodology
• QualitativeorQuantitative?
(PhDcomics)
FeministEpistemology
• Feminist:seekstotounderstand“women’soppressioninorderthatwemightendit”(KellyinPurvis,1995:28).• Womenassituatedknowers• “Womenareseldomgivenavoicewithwhichtotellwhattheyhaveexperienced.”(CallandNelson,2007:335)
• FeministStandpointTheory• Epistemicprivilege
• Reflective• Positionoftheresearcher• Acknowledgesownprivilege/powerrelations
The‘ologies’inPractice
Phenomenology
• “whatisitliketohaveacertainexperience?” (VanManen,1990:44)
• EdmundHusserl• Experienceistranscendedtodiscoverreality(definitiveuniversalexperience)• Experienceatfacevalue• Descriptive• Bracketing
HermeneuticPhenomenology
• Heidegger• Subjectiveexperienceandinsights• Meaning/significanceattachedtoanexperiencethroughinterpretation• Researchparticipantasthesituatedknower• ‘observationsalwaysmadefromsomewhere’(anti-bracketing)• Interpretative• Reflective
The‘ologies’inPractice
InterpretativePhenomenologicalAnalysis(IPA)• Subjectiveexperienceandinsights• Interpretative• Whatmatterstotheresearchparticipant.• Reflective(encouragesresearchersinsight)• Inductive• Ideographic
ChallengeswithIPA
• DescriptivevInterpretive• Openforinterpretation• IPAvTA• AnalyticalTool• Nvivo
• Generalisability• Credibility
• Idiographic• Givespacetoresearchparticipants
IPAChallenges
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