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• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Part I: Before the Dissertation
• Chapter 1: How to Begin
• What Is Phenomenological Research?
• Purpose of This Book
• Organization of This Book
• Literature Review
• Introduction
• Problem Statement
• Purpose Statement
• Theoretical Framework
• Validity and Reliability
• Data Analysis
• Using Software
• Journaling
• Interviewing
• Abstract
• Presenting Findings
• Connecting to the Theoretical Framework
• Going Back to Chapter 3
• Dialogue With Literature
• Implications for the Field
• Limitations
• Recommendations for Future Research
• References
• Part II: Writing the Dissertation
• Chapter 2: Introduction and Literature Review
• Beginning the Literature Review: What’s Your Topic?
• Literature Search Strategy
• Create an Outline
• Writing the First Dissertation Chapter: The Introduction
• Example of an Opening to Chapter 1
• Problem Statement
• Purpose Statement
• Research Questions
• Theoretical Framework
• Edmund Husserl
• Husserl applied to research
• Key terms to include in the framework
• Martin Heidegger
• Heidegger applied to research
• Key terms to include in the framework
• Definitions
• Assumptions
• Delimitations and Limitations
• Significance
• Summary Sections
• Completing the Literature Review
• Literature review exercise
• Literature Review
• Chronic Physical Illness
• Chronic Mental Illness
• References and Suggested Reading
• References in Examples
• Literature Review Example
• Chapter 3: Methodology
• Introduction
• Design and Rationale
• Researcher Role
• Participants
• Instrumentation
• Follow-Up Interviews
• Procedures
• Data Collection
• Interview Questions
• Interview guide
• Follow-Up Questions
• Focus Groups
• Journaling
• Data Analysis
• General Data Analysis Steps
• Step 1: Reading and deleting irrelevant information
• Step 2: Preliminary meaning units
• Step 3: Final meaning units
• Step 4: Situated narratives
• Step 5: General narratives
• Step 6: General description
• Delineating Transcendental Phenomenology in Data Analysis Steps
• Journaling
• Follow-up interviews
• Delineating Hermeneutic Phenomenology in Data Analysis Steps
• Journaling
• Follow-up interviews
• Using Software
• Validity and Reliability
• Ethics
• Summary
• Write the Abstract
• Abstract
• References and Resources
• Chapter 4: Results
• Introduction
• Setting
• Participant Demographics
• Data Collection
• Findings
• Situated Narratives (Themes)
• Childhood conflict
• Feeling disconnected from a parent
• Problems in marriage
• Childhood conflict
• Feeling disconnected from a parent
• Early sexual exploration
• General Narrative
• General Description
• Connecting to the Theoretical Framework
• How to Discuss the Researcher’s Process When Using a Transcendental Theoretical Framework
• How to Analyze Participants’ Experiences When Using a Transcendental Theoretical Framework
• How to Discuss the Researcher’s Process When Using a Hermeneutic Theoretical Framework
• How to Analyze Participants’ Experiences When Using a Hermeneutic Theoretical Framework
• Validity and Reliability
• Credibility
• Transferability
• Dependability
• Confirmability
• Going Back to Chapter 3
• Illustrated Data Analysis Steps
• Summary
• Appendices
• References and Resources
• Chapter 5: Discussion
• Introduction
• Interpretation of Findings: A Dialogue With the Literature
• Including Theory Throughout
• Discussing the Researcher’s Process Within a Transcendental Theoretical Framework
• Discussing Participants’ Experiences Within a Transcendental Theoretical Framework
• Discussing the Researcher’s Process Within a Hermeneutic Theoretical Framework
• Discussing Participants’ Experiences Within a Hermeneutic Theoretical Framework
• Formalization of Christianity and the Loss of the God-bond
• The Shifting Evangelical Movement and the Concept of Absolute Truth
• Sexual Morality and Sexual Addiction
• Gender Roles
• The Saving Grace of Marriage
• Homosexuality and the Evangelical Sex Addict
• Reaction Formation
• Sartre and Personal Responsibility
• Becker and Three Life-Worlds
• Assumptions
• Addressing conceptual assumptions (Husserl)
• Revising Conceptual Assumptions (Heidegger)
• Limitations
• Recommendations for Future Research
• Recommendation Based on Something Learned
• Recommendation Based on Limitation of Research
• Implications
• Conclusion
• Update the Abstract
• Abstract
• Example of Abstract
• Abstract
• References and Resources
• References From Examples
• Part III: After Your Dissertation
• Chapter 6: Other Phenomenological Methods
• Existential Phenomenology
• Critical Narrative Analysis (Langdridge)
• Dialogal Approach (Halling, Leifer, & Rowe)
• Dallas Approach (Garza)
• Embodied Life-World Approach (Todres)
• Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (Smith, Flowers, & Larkin)
• Life-World Approach (Ashworth)
• Lived Experience Human Science Inquiry (van Manen)
• Reflective Life-World Approach (Dahlberg)
• References
• Existential-Phenomenology
• Critical Narrative Analysis (Langdridge)
• Dialogal Approach (Halling, Leifer, & Rowe)
• Dallas Approach (Garza)
• Embodied Life-World Approach (Todres)
• Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (Smith, Flowers, & Larkin)
• Life-World Approach (Ashworth)
• Lived Experience Human Science Inquiry (van Manen)
• Reflective Life-World Approach (Dahlberg)
• Chapter 7: Creating Your Own Phenomenological Method
• Giorgi’s Five Basic Steps
• van Manen’s Four Reflections
• Illustrated Steps
• Results
• Participant Demographics
• General Description
• Reflection
• Corporeal Reflection (Lived Body)
• Temporal Reflection (Lived Time)
• Spatial Reflection (Lived Space)
• Relational Reflection (Lived Human Relation)
• General Structure
• References and Resources
• Appendix A: Recruitment Flyer
• Appendix B: Screening
• Appendix C: Semi-Structured Interview Guide
• Appendix D: Consent to Participate
• Appendix E: Sample Dissertation Literature Review
• Index