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Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn; Owton, Helen and Crust, Lee
(2016).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2016.1154097
Abstract
This article explores the lived experience of asthma in a specific population of sport and exercise participants, drawing on an approach currently under-utilised in studies of asthma: vignettes. These were used as an elicitation technique in research with19 frequent exercisers and sports participants with asthma, eight of whom responded to vignettes. We describe and evaluate this approach as deployed in relation to a phenomenological study of the lived experience of asthma, and consider how employing vignette-based research can encourage people with asthma to reflect critically on their experiences and ways of being-in-the-world. This was found to be a powerful way of challenging taken-for-granted assumptions, and stimulating consideration of behaviour change. The findings we report here cohere around two principal themes that emerged as salient: 1) somatic empathy; and 2) the power of sharing stories and opening up dialogues. Understanding the complexity of asthma experiences can, we argue, be of great practical value both to those with asthma and also to healthcare and exercise professionals in tailoring more effective treatments.
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- Item ORO ID
- 46265
- Item Type
- Journal Item
- ISSN
- 2159-6778
- Project Funding Details
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Funded Project Name Project ID Funding Body Not Set Not Set University of Lincoln - Keywords
- asthma; exercise participants; phenomenology; vignettes
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Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport > Childhood, Youth and Sport > Sport & Fitness
Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport > Childhood, Youth and Sport
Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport
Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) - Research Group
- Childhood Youth and Sport Group (CYSG)
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- © 2016 Informa UK Limited
- Depositing User
- Helen Owton