Centre for Applied Psychology, School of Psychology, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Academic Unit, St Andrews Health Care, Northampton, UK.
J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2019 Sep;32(5):1007-1017. doi: 10.1111/jar.12605. Epub 2019 Apr 29.
This paper examines the appropriateness of using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) in research with people who have intellectual disabilities, focussing on quality.
We conducted a systematic search to identify published studies. We assessed the quality of the studies using a bespoke framework, adapted from previous reviews, and articles on indicators of "good" IPA work.
Twenty-eight papers were reviewed. The studies were of varying quality: 6 (22%) papers were rated as "good" quality; 16 (57%) were "acceptable", and 6 (21%) were "poor." This ratio was comparable to that found in assessments of IPA papers in other domains, suggesting that issues of quality reflect researcher competence, rather than challenges with the population.
IPA can be an appropriate methodology to use with people with intellectual disabilities. We encourage researchers to develop more detailed analyses, to provide more transparency about their sampling strategies, and more detail of the characteristics of their samples.
本文考察了在智力障碍人群研究中使用阐释现象学分析（IPA）的适宜性，重点关注质量。
我们进行了系统检索，以确定已发表的研究。我们使用了一个专门制定的框架来评估研究的质量，该框架改编自以前的综述以及关于“良好”IPA 工作指标的文章。
共审查了 28 篇论文。研究质量参差不齐：6 篇（22%）论文质量为“良好”；16 篇（57%）为“可接受”，6 篇（21%）为“较差”。这一比例与在其他领域评估 IPA 论文时发现的比例相当，这表明质量问题反映了研究人员的能力，而不是研究人群的挑战。
IPA 可以作为一种适用于智力障碍人群的方法。我们鼓励研究人员进行更详细的分析，更透明地说明他们的抽样策略，并更详细地说明样本的特征。
