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Narrative constellations : exploring lived experience in education
Narrative research in contemporary times can free social scientists from the rhetorical forms (Emihovich, 1995) that alienate children and families from their own traditions. Through the use of narrative we are able to recognise the power of subjectivity in allowing open dialogue and co-construction of meaning. Becoming comfortable with narrative research also means accepting ideas that the world has no fixed rules for assigning behaviour (Emihovich, 1995). This means that open dialogue is required to build consensus around shared meaning and to ensure the inclusion of multiple voices. The book begins with a theoretical overview of narrative genre before focusing on narrative constellations. Three constellations are then shared with the reader. The final chapter provides ideas about the future of narrative constellation in research and the impact constellations can have for future policy and practice. It is hoped that the reader develops a better understanding of narrative ways and begins to see the potential of narrative constellations in the research genre. Dr Susanne Garvis is a professor of child and youth studies at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She has previously worked in Australian universities and is an adjunct academic with Griffith University, Australia. Professor Garvis has experience with narrative approaches in early childhood education and care. She has researched the lives of teachers, families and children. She is particularly interested in representations of lived experience and the power of stories in research.
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The right to research : historical narratives by refugee and Global South researchers
Refugees and displaced people rarely figure as historical actors, and almost never as historical narrators and historians. The Right to Research offers a critical reflection on what history means, who narrates it, and what happens when those long excluded from authorship bring their knowledge and perspectives to bear.
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Using narrative inquiry as a research method : an introduction to critical event narrative analysis in research, teaching and professional practice
\"This fully updated new edition provides the reader with the ideal introduction to narrative inquiry. Guiding the reader through a full and accessible description of the theory as well as how to begin using the narrative inquiry method, it presents a selection of case studies of research on quality in higher education, internationalisation and quality in cross-cultural contexts. Providing a rich framework through which researchers can investigate the ways humans experience the world depicted through their stories, this book is the ideal introduction to anyone looking to learn more about the theory as well as how to undertake research using narrative inquiry\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The Handbook of Narrative Analysis
Featuring contributions from leading scholars in the field, The Handbook of Narrative Analysis is the first comprehensive collection of sociolinguistic scholarship on narrative analysis to be published.
* Organized thematically to provide an accessible guide for how to engage with narrative without prescribing a rigid analytic framework
* Represents established modes of narrative analysis juxtaposed with innovative new methods for conducting narrative research
* Includes coverage of the latest advances in narrative analysis, from work on social media to small stories research
* Introduces and exemplifies a practice-based approach to narrative analysis that separates narrative from text so as to broaden the field beyond the printed page
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A randomized-controlled trial of treatment for self-stigma among persons diagnosed with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders
Purpose
A substantial body of research indicates that self-stigma is associated with poorer outcomes related to recovery among people with severe mental illnesses. Narrative Enhancement and Cognitive Therapy (NECT) is a structured, group-based approach which targets the effects of self-stigma. A randomized-controlled trial was conducted to examine the efficacy of NECT.
Methods
One hundred and seventy persons, recruited from both outpatient and comprehensive treatment settings, meeting criteria for schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and moderate-to-elevated self-stigma, were randomly assigned to NECT or supportive group therapy and assessed at four time points over the course of nearly a year. Participants completed measures of self-stigma, hope, self-esteem, functioning, psychiatric symptoms, coping with symptoms, and narrative insight.
Results
Analyses indicated that NECT participants in outpatient sites improved significantly more over time in self-stigma compared to supportive group therapy participants in outpatient sites, while NECT participants in comprehensive (including day treatment and psychiatric rehabilitation program) sites improved significantly more in hopelessness and narrative insight than other participants. NECT participants as a group showed decreases in the social withdrawal component of self-stigma, decreased in their use of avoidant coping strategies, and were more engaged in treatment than supportive group therapy participants. There was no evidence for effects of NECT on social functioning or psychiatric symptoms.
Conclusions
Findings suggest that NECT primarily impacts self-stigma and related outcomes, and that the degree of its effects is partially dependent on the treatment context in which it is offered.
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Civil war and narrative : testimony, historiography, memory
This book explores the representation of intra-state conflicts. It offers a distinctive approach by looking at narrative forms and strategies associated with civil war testimony, historiography and memory. The volume seeks to reflect current research in civil war in a number of disciplines and covers a range of geographical areas, from the advent of modern forms of testimonies, history writing and public remembering in the early modern period, to the present day. In focusing on narrative, broadly defined, the contributors not only explore civil war testimonies, historiography and memory as separate fields of inquiry, but also highlight the interplay between these areas, which are shown to share porous boundaries. Chapters look at the ways in which various narrative forms feed off each other, be they oral, written or visual narratives, personal or collective accounts, or testimonies from victims or perpetrators.-- Provided by publisher.
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Contextualising Narrative Inquiry
Narrative inquiry is growing in popularity as a research methodology in the social sciences, medicine and the humanities. In narrative inquiry, the transparency of interactions between researcher and research participants, together with rich, contextual descriptions, help to shape and structure research texts rendering them engaging and readable.
Contextualising Narrative Inquiry argues that all researchers should foreground the importance of the context in which research takes place and develop methodological approaches that are grounded in their local contexts. To do so, they need to pay attention to how knowledge is constructed, shared and understood in those contexts. This is particularly important when contexts have been subjugated historically through colonialism and when local, indigenous ways of knowing have been ignored or dismissed.
The contributors to this edited collection have all used narrative inquiry for a range of topics and in a range of contexts, including:
Leadership styles of Asian women
The Deaf community in the UK
Voluntary celibacy in Malta
Administrators in Ghanaian higher education
Multiculturalism in primary education in Cyprus
Teacher identities in Hong Kong
The reflective practitioner in higher education in Malaysia.
The diversity of the topics illuminates the potential for narrative inquiry to be used to investigate a broad range of issues in many contexts by people with a wide range of backgrounds. A common thread throughout is a reflexive discussion of how each contributor used narrative inquiry as a methodological approach; highlighting not only its affordances, but also the complexities of using it in specific cultural, social and historical contexts.
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Effects of a general practitioner-led brief narrative exposure intervention on symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder after intensive care (PICTURE): multicentre, observer blind, randomised controlled trial
AbstractObjectiveTo determine the effect of a novel brief general practitioner (GP)-led narrative exposure intervention on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms after intensive care.DesignMulticentre, observer blind, randomised controlled trial (PICTURE).SettingPrimary care in 319 general practices across Germany.Participants319 adults (18-85 years) who have survived critical illness with symptoms of PTSD, discharged from intensive care and randomised to receive the intervention (n=160) or improved usual care (n=159) from a general practitioner.InterventionsIntervention group participants had three narrative exposure consultations with a general practitioner and eight scheduled contacts with a nurse. Control group participants received improved treatment as usual based on the German PTSD guideline.Main outcome measuresThe primary clinical outcome was self-reported PTSD symptoms using the Post-Traumatic Diagnostic Scale for DSM-5 (PDS-5, range 0-80, higher scores indicating more severe symptoms) at six months. The minimal clinically important difference was six points. Secondary outcomes included changes in depression, anxiety, patient activation, health related quality of life and disability at six and 12 months.ResultsBetween 21 October 2018 and 18 January 2023, 1283 patients discharged from an intensive care unit were screened for PTSD symptoms. 319 study participants were randomly assigned either to the control group (n=159) or the intervention group (n=160). The mean patient age was 57.7 years (standard deviation (SD) 12.7), and 61% of participants were male. The mean baseline PDS-5 score was 30.6 (SD 13.3) in both groups. 271 (85%) study participants completed follow-up assessment after six months and 247 (77%) after 12 months. The intervention effect showed a mean between-group difference in the PDS-5 score of 4.7 points ((95% confidence interval 1.6 to 7.8); P=0.003, Cohen’s d=0.37)) at six months and 5.4 points ((1.8 to 9.0); P=0.003, Cohen’s d=0.41)) at 12 months. Among secondary outcomes, patients in the intervention group had greater improvements in depression, health related quality of life, and disability.ConclusionsIn adults with symptoms of PTSD after critical illness, a brief narrative exposure intervention was feasible and showed a reduction of symptoms, which was less than the predefined minimal clinically important difference. The effect was found to be sustained at 12 months’ follow-up. These findings support the further evaluation of this intervention in primary care.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03315390; DRKS-ID DRKS00012589
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