Let me note at the outset that the troubling in the title is meant more as a verb than an
adjective; in responding to Smith's review I want to raise some ways in which methodology …

I think Irina Todorova (2011) is insightful in suggesting why interpretative phenomenological
analysis (IPA) has been successful in establishing itself in psychology. As she points out …

With the burgeoning use of qualitative methods in health research, criteria for judging their
value become increasingly necessary. Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is a …

On reading Jonathan Smith's evaluation of the contribution of Interpretative
Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to Health Psychology, I was cheered by its upbeat tone …

Much has changed in health psychology since Rethinking Methods in Psychology (Smith,
Harre, & Langenhove, 1995) was published 15 years ago. Today, this shift in stance in …

In 1992, one of the authors received a letter from the editor of a major, refereed nursing
journal, lamenting the growing number of manuscripts submitted for publication that …

Aims. While acknowledging that there is an existing debate regarding the nature of
grounded theory, the aim of this paper is to highlight a number of common and key …

Grounded theory is one of the many and various qualitative research methods available for
researchers to choose from. It is a popular method, widely adopted in some disciplines such …

I finally gave up when attending a symposium on social cognition theories at an EHPS
Conference: two senior researchers discussed the issue of whether there were intentions …

I appreciate this opportunity to join Jonathan Smith in his rebuttal to my discussion of the
meaning and method of his interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Different forms …