Priming and Narrative Habits in the Phenomenological Interview: Reflections on a Study of Tourette Syndrome

The challenge is therefore to know whether someone's self-description is in fact the best portrayal of their experience and, if it is not, how best to prompt them to provide a fresh and more accurate description. Did they ask them to consider whether there was some aspect of their experience th...

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Published in:Philosophy, psychiatry & psychology psychiatry & psychology, 2024-03, Vol.31 (1), p.43-45
Main Author: Fernandez, Anthony V
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Interviews
Phenomenology
Philosophy
Psychiatrists
Qualitative research
Research methodology
Terminology
Tourette syndrome
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Summary:The challenge is therefore to know whether someone's self-description is in fact the best portrayal of their experience and, if it is not, how best to prompt them to provide a fresh and more accurate description. Did they ask them to consider whether there was some aspect of their experience that they felt the term didn't quite capture? [...]why did they make these decisions during the interview process? [...]while Curtis-Wendlandt and Reynolds use the term "premonitory urge" throughout their article, they also suggest that a broader term—"sensory and cognitive-affective phenomena" (SCAP)—may better characterize the heterogeneity of experiences that occur immediately before a tic.
ISSN:1071-6076
1086-3303
1086-3303
DOI:10.1353/ppp.2024.a922680