INVITATION SYMPOSIUM ‘ANALYZING INTERACTIONS-IN-DIALOGUE’

Symposium Announcement: Thursday 14^th February 2013

How to research positive development in health care, work place, and educational settings? Using advanced qualitative change process methodology

Organisation: The lifestory lab of the department of Psychology, Health & Technology of the University of Twente

Date: Thursday the 14^th of February 2013

Time: 13.00-18.00 hrs

Place: Enschede, University of Twente, Vrijhof building

Fee: €10 euro

Registration: a.m.lohuis@utwente.nl

In this symposium we focus on a relatively small, but promising research area of (advanced) qualitative change process research. These type of studies deserve more attention, because they allow for the generation and testing of theories on how change, or more specific positive development, occurs. Methodological approaches presented at the symposium are narrative analysis, Buberian conversation analysis, discourse analysis, complexity theory-based analysis, multilevel analysis, design study research. These methods have in common that they study positive development directly, in contrast to more widely used approaches (e.g. quantitative process-outcome research and qualitative helpful factors research) that study these processes indirectly.

Quantitative process-outcome research has resulted in useful knowledge about which therapies, interventions, and other change programmes work. However, this type of research is insufficient to answer the question how change, or more specifically positive development, occurs (except for relatively few quantitative sequential analyses). In other words, the change process itself remains a black box. Over the last decades, consistent with the more general increase in and maturation of qualitative research in the social sciences, the number of qualitative change process studies has increased. Most research in the field of therapy consists of very basic forms of content analysis of after-session (un)helpful factors interviews (or rating scales) with clients or therapists. These studies have generated valuable, practice-relevant knowledge about client and therapists views on what brings about change. However, limits of this line of research are the unreliability of retrospective accounts that rely on memory and the capacity to speak nuanced about often subtle change processes.

The aim of this symposium is to: stimulate dialogue between the different approaches and outline commonalities, differences, and connections; set an agenda for the future of this promising field; to discuss ways of combining methods; discuss ways of overcoming the weaknesses of these methods (e.g. they are time consuming and difficulty to learn); explore possibilities for writing a special issue and other forms of collaboration.

Programme:

13.00u-13.10u Opening/welcome

13.10-14.40u Session I

1. A complexity approach to analyzing teacher-student interaction in the classroom (Henderien Steenbeek, Universiteit Groningen)

2. Discursive-narrative analysis of team identity processes of care professionals (Anne Marie Lohuis & Anneke Sools, UT)

3. Analyzing daily routines in a nursing home: a Buberian approach (Mark Van Vuuren & Gerben Westerhof, UT)

COFFEE BREAK (14.40-15.00u)

15.00-16.30u Session II

4. Sequential analysis of systemic/family therapy (Maria Borcsa, Fachhochschule Nordhausen, Taos instituut Tilburg)

5. Adherence indicators in an online-guided self-help course: The interactional construction of client and counselor identity (Anneke Sools & Sanne Lamers, UT)

6. Analyzing online interactions and conversations for electronic health (Jobke Wentzel UT & Lex van Velsen UT & RIVM)

16.30-17.00u Discussion in small groups

17.00-17.30u Plenary discussion

DRINKS

More information about the programme and the speakers: http://www.levensverhalenlab.nl/site/agenda%20&%20nieuws/?item_id=33

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Home Research Themes Conferences & Events Research Services Information for PhD's Organization Search	INVITATION SYMPOSIUM ‘ANALYZING INTERACTIONS-IN-DIALOGUE’ Symposium Announcement: Thursday 14^th February 2013 How to research positive development in health care, work place, and educational settings? Using advanced qualitative change process methodology Organisation: The lifestory lab of the department of Psychology, Health & Technology of the University of Twente Date: Thursday the 14^th of February 2013 Time: 13.00-18.00 hrs Place: Enschede, University of Twente, Vrijhof building Fee: €10 euro Registration: a.m.lohuis@utwente.nl In this symposium we focus on a relatively small, but promising research area of (advanced) qualitative change process research. These type of studies deserve more attention, because they allow for the generation and testing of theories on how change, or more specific positive development, occurs. Methodological approaches presented at the symposium are narrative analysis, Buberian conversation analysis, discourse analysis, complexity theory-based analysis, multilevel analysis, design study research. These methods have in common that they study positive development directly, in contrast to more widely used approaches (e.g. quantitative process-outcome research and qualitative helpful factors research) that study these processes indirectly. Quantitative process-outcome research has resulted in useful knowledge about which therapies, interventions, and other change programmes work. However, this type of research is insufficient to answer the question how change, or more specifically positive development, occurs (except for relatively few quantitative sequential analyses). In other words, the change process itself remains a black box. Over the last decades, consistent with the more general increase in and maturation of qualitative research in the social sciences, the number of qualitative change process studies has increased. Most research in the field of therapy consists of very basic forms of content analysis of after-session (un)helpful factors interviews (or rating scales) with clients or therapists. These studies have generated valuable, practice-relevant knowledge about client and therapists views on what brings about change. However, limits of this line of research are the unreliability of retrospective accounts that rely on memory and the capacity to speak nuanced about often subtle change processes. The aim of this symposium is to: stimulate dialogue between the different approaches and outline commonalities, differences, and connections; set an agenda for the future of this promising field; to discuss ways of combining methods; discuss ways of overcoming the weaknesses of these methods (e.g. they are time consuming and difficulty to learn); explore possibilities for writing a special issue and other forms of collaboration. Programme: 13.00u-13.10u Opening/welcome 13.10-14.40u Session I 1. A complexity approach to analyzing teacher-student interaction in the classroom (Henderien Steenbeek, Universiteit Groningen) 2. Discursive-narrative analysis of team identity processes of care professionals (Anne Marie Lohuis & Anneke Sools, UT) 3. Analyzing daily routines in a nursing home: a Buberian approach (Mark Van Vuuren & Gerben Westerhof, UT) COFFEE BREAK (14.40-15.00u) 15.00-16.30u Session II 4. Sequential analysis of systemic/family therapy (Maria Borcsa, Fachhochschule Nordhausen, Taos instituut Tilburg) 5. Adherence indicators in an online-guided self-help course: The interactional construction of client and counselor identity (Anneke Sools & Sanne Lamers, UT) 6. Analyzing online interactions and conversations for electronic health (Jobke Wentzel UT & Lex van Velsen UT & RIVM) 16.30-17.00u Discussion in small groups 17.00-17.30u Plenary discussion DRINKS More information about the programme and the speakers: http://www.levensverhalenlab.nl/site/agenda%20&%20nieuws/?item_id=33