Essentials of Existential Phenomenological Research (Essentials of Qualitative Methods)

Product Description

The brief, practical texts in the Essentials of Qualitative Methods series introduce social science and psychology researchers to key approaches to qualitative methods, offering exciting opportunities to gather in-depth qualitative data and to develop rich and useful findings. 

In this book, Scott D. Churchill introduces readers to existential phenomenological research, an approach that seeks an in-depth, embodied understanding of subjective human existence that reflects a person’s values, purposes, ideals, intentions, emotions, and relationships. This method helps researchers understand the lives and needs of others by helping identify and set aside theoretical and ideological prejudgments.

About the Essentials of Qualitative Methods book series: Even for experienced researchers, selecting and correctly applying the right method can be challenging. In this groundbreaking series, leading experts in qualitative methods provide clear, crisp, and comprehensive descriptions of their approach, including its methodological integrity, and its benefits and limitations. Each book includes numerous examples to enable readers to quickly and thoroughly grasp how to leverage these valuable methods.

Review

Dr. Scott Churchill is a leading authority in qualitative psychology and his book,
Essentials of Existential Phenomenological Research, introduces readers to qualitative research in a highly articulate, logically organized fashion. Each part of the process is clearly described, well supported by appropriate scientific rationale, and solidly illustrated with real-world examples. The result is a rich and multilayered guide to the theory and practice of qualitative research suitable for academic and applied settings.
— Christopher J. Mruk, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, United States, and Fellow, American Psychological Association

An original work on qualitative research methodology, Churchill’s new book combines his own work in existential phenomenology with a phenomenologically based qualitative research tradition. The book reads like a step-by-step manual for existential phenomenological qualitative research, written in prose that is clear, yet protective of the complexity of the content, the terminology, and the methodological approach. A must-read for any psychology student interested in qualitative research, and for students and researchers in other sciences interested in a viable approach for studying the intricacy of the human condition.
— Magnus Englander, PhD, Associate Editor, Journal of Phenomenological Psychology; Associate Professor, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden

About the Author

Scott D. Churchill, PhD, began studying existential phenomenology in 1969 at Bucknell University and continued his studies at Duquesne University, where he earned his doctorate in “clinical phenomenological psychology” in 1984. He began his professional career at the University of Dallas in 1981, where he currently holds the position of professor, having earlier served as department chair and founding director of the master’s programs in psychology. A fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), he has served as editor-in-chief of
The Humanistic Psychologist since 2006 and is currently president of APA’s Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology. He has also served on the APA Council of Representatives and as president of the Society for Humanistic Psychology (APA Division 32), as well as editor of
Methods: A Journal for Human Science, while also participating on numerous editorial boards both here and abroad. He is a founding member of the International Human Science Research Conference, the Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology, and the Interdisciplinary Coalition of North American Phenomenologists. Dr. Churchill has presented papers, workshops, and invited addresses at professional conferences around the world, including Italy