DEVELOPMENTAL CRISIS IN EARLY ADULTHOOD: A ...
DEVELOPMENTAL CRISIS IN EARLY ADULTHOOD: A ...
DEVELOPMENTAL CRISIS IN EARLY ADULTHOOD: A ...
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APPENDIX A<br />
<strong>IN</strong>TERVIEW TOPIC GUIDES<br />
STUDY 1 Interview Guide<br />
Introduction and explanation of approach<br />
• Ensure confidentiality<br />
• Describe and explain research approach<br />
• Deal with questions, concerns etc<br />
• Build rapport and relaxed atmosphere<br />
• Ask if respondent can introduce self – name, age, occupation, family<br />
• What do you understand by the term ‘crisis’?<br />
• Personal definition<br />
Facts about episode<br />
• How long ago did the episode occur?<br />
• How long did it last?<br />
Background<br />
- Could you tell me a bit about the events and circumstances in your life leading up to the<br />
specific incident that we are here to talk about, that set the scene for what happened<br />
• What was going on in your life before it happened?<br />
⎯ Probe for<br />
Relationships, jobs, social situation, moods, health, living arrangements, belief system<br />
The episode in process<br />
• Could you tell me about the …….. event, starting at the beginning, in your own<br />
time as it unfolded….<br />
• Probe for ecological circumstances, including social players<br />
• Probe for role<br />
• Keep it running until resolution<br />
(check time scale of occurrences as they are related)<br />
Emotions and feelings<br />
• How did it make you feel at the time?<br />
• Can you relate how the emotions you experienced changed over time?<br />
• Probe for negative and positive emotions<br />
• Also more generic feelings, such as trapped, out of control, despair<br />
Stress - Was the event stressful?<br />
• In what way did it cause you stress?<br />
• Did you feel conflicted?<br />
• What was stressful about it? (look for compromised key goals and key<br />
values)<br />
Coping - How did you deal with it/cope with it at the time?<br />
• How did you cope at the time?<br />
• Did you ever think that you might not cope with it?<br />
• Did you see a therapist or a specialist during the time?<br />
Meaning and appraisal – What did the event mean to you at the time?<br />
• Why do you reflect on the time as one of crisis?<br />
• What goals or values were compromised by the experience<br />
• How did it affect you sense of self at the time?<br />
• Did it affect your confidence and self-esteem? What did? Why?<br />
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