ABSTRACT

This paper suggests that interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is a valuable research method for coaching research. The paper positions coaching as a social activity and highlights its subjective and contextual nature. It aims to establish clear guidance by drawing on both the author’s recent research experience and others’ scholarly work. The author encourages scholars with a similar interest (phenomenology, hermeneutics, ideography) to explore IPA as a potential methodology for coaching research. The clearly laid out guidance here on how to conduct an IPA study will be attractive to the wider qualitative research community. The paper contributes to coaching research by promoting IPA as a methodology that helps to develop subjective understanding within the field.

摘要

本文认为，解释现象学分析（IPA）是指导研究的一种有价值的研究方法。该论文将教练定位为一种社会活动，并强调了其主观和背景性质。它旨在通过借鉴作者最近的研究经验和他人的学术著作来建立明确的指导。作者鼓励具有类似兴趣的学者（现象学，诠释学，意识形态学）探索IPA作为指导研究的潜在方法。此处明确规定如何进行IPA研究的指南将对更广泛的定性研究界有吸引力。本文通过推广IPA作为一种有助于在该领域内发展主观理解的方法，为教练研究做出了贡献。