Process Diary as Methodological Approach in Longitudinal Phenomenological Research
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Woll, H. (2014). Process Diary as Methodological Approach in Longitudinal Phenomenological Research. Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology, 13(2). http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ipjp/article/viewFile/99657/88939Sammendrag
This article focuses on the process diary as a qualitative instrument in phenomenological
research. The first part of the article provides a
brief historical review on the use of diaries in
social and health research. The second part of the
article presents an example of how the process
diary may be used based on the profile of a participant in the study “Aging with Cerebral Palsy”.
The third part of the article deals with the challenges of analyzing the data provided by process
diaries and discusses the strengths and weaknesses
of this method. The article concludes with a
brief discussion concerning the kinds of situations
where the process diary is a suitable research
instrument. This section of the article also touches upon the ethical challenges involved in using
the process diary in longitudinal phenomenological
research.