Cowling W Richard, Repede Elizabeth
School of Nursing, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA.
ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2010 Jan-Mar;33(1):64-77. doi: 10.1097/ANS.0b013e3181ce6bdd.
Unitary appreciative inquiry (UAI), developed over the past 20 years, provides an orientation and process for uncovering human wholeness and discovering life patterning in individuals and groups. Refinements and a description of studies using UAI are presented. Assumptions and conceptual underpinnings of the method distinguishing its contributions from other methods are reported. Data generation strategies that capture human wholeness and elucidate life patterning are proposed. Data synopsis as an alternative to analysis is clarified and explicated. Standards that suggest enhancing the legitimacy of knowledge and credibility of research are specified. Potential expansions of UAI offer possibilities for extending epistemologies, aesthetic integration, and theory development.
单一性肯定式探询（UAI）是在过去20年中发展起来的，它为揭示个体和群体中的人类整体性以及发现生活模式提供了一种导向和过程。文中介绍了对UAI的改进以及使用UAI的研究描述。报告了该方法的假设和概念基础，以区分其与其他方法的不同贡献。提出了捕捉人类整体性并阐明生活模式的数据生成策略。阐明并详细解释了作为分析替代方法的数据概要。明确了有助于提高知识合法性和研究可信度的标准。UAI的潜在扩展为拓展认识论、美学整合和理论发展提供了可能性。
