A modified hermeneutic phenomenological approach toward individuals who have autism

Newman, C; Cashin, A; Waters, CD

A modified hermeneutic phenomenological approach toward individuals who have autism

Newman, C Cashin, A

Waters, CD

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Research in Nursing and Health, 2010, 33 (3), pp. 265 - 271
Issue Date:: 2010-06-01

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dc.contributor.author	Newman, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Cashin, A https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6173-9114	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Waters, CD	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-06-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Research in Nursing and Health, 2010, 33 (3), pp. 265 - 271	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0160-6891	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/13731
dc.description.abstract	Individuals with autism have a unique cognitive processing style characterized by impaired abstraction, impaired theory of mind, and visual as opposed to linguistic processing of information. A consequence of this unique cognitive processing style is that traditional ways of hermeneutical phenomenological examination may be inadequate to achieve the kind of understanding of experience toward which this method is directed. In order to stay true to Heidegger's hermeneutic phenomenology, we needed to develop modifications to this research methodology, which include the use of visual aids to promote participant engagement and access the eidetic memory of a participant with autism, so as to elicit concrete descriptors of an experience. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Research in Nursing and Health	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1002/nur.20382	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Nursing	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Autistic Disorder	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Nursing Methodology Research	en_US
dc.title	A modified hermeneutic phenomenological approach toward individuals who have autism	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
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Abstract:

Individuals with autism have a unique cognitive processing style characterized by impaired abstraction, impaired theory of mind, and visual as opposed to linguistic processing of information. A consequence of this unique cognitive processing style is that traditional ways of hermeneutical phenomenological examination may be inadequate to achieve the kind of understanding of experience toward which this method is directed. In order to stay true to Heidegger's hermeneutic phenomenology, we needed to develop modifications to this research methodology, which include the use of visual aids to promote participant engagement and access the eidetic memory of a participant with autism, so as to elicit concrete descriptors of an experience. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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