Title
The Many Faces of Mindfulness in Qualitative Research
Location
1047
Format Type
Event
Format Type
Paper
Start Date
January 2019
End Date
January 2019
Abstract
The qualitative research process provides many opportunities to integrate a mindfulness practice in order to improve the quality of the study. Mindfulness has been defined as non-judgmental “moment-to-moment awareness” (Kabat-Zinn, 1990, p. 2) as well as paying attention to novel stimuli while maintaining a present-moment focus (Langer & Moldoveanu, 2000). Learning to foster and maintain such an attentive state will help novice and adept researchers alike as they decide upon a topic, define a gap or problem, and establish a research question. It can also help a research with data collection, analysis, and synthesis (Lemon, 2017). During this presentation, participants will be introduced to basic mindfulness practices in relation to the research process. Additionally, mindfulness will be discussed in relation to specific research methods and their respective stages (for example, the six phases of heuristic research, bracketing in phenomenology, and establishing lenses within intuitive inquiry). Attendees will gain an understanding of how mindfulness might be used to increase study quality as well as how to creatively integrate mindfulness into their own qualitative research endeavors.
Keywords
mindfulness, stages of qualitative research, multiple methods, application, quality improvement
The Many Faces of Mindfulness in Qualitative Research
1047
The qualitative research process provides many opportunities to integrate a mindfulness practice in order to improve the quality of the study. Mindfulness has been defined as non-judgmental “moment-to-moment awareness” (Kabat-Zinn, 1990, p. 2) as well as paying attention to novel stimuli while maintaining a present-moment focus (Langer & Moldoveanu, 2000). Learning to foster and maintain such an attentive state will help novice and adept researchers alike as they decide upon a topic, define a gap or problem, and establish a research question. It can also help a research with data collection, analysis, and synthesis (Lemon, 2017). During this presentation, participants will be introduced to basic mindfulness practices in relation to the research process. Additionally, mindfulness will be discussed in relation to specific research methods and their respective stages (for example, the six phases of heuristic research, bracketing in phenomenology, and establishing lenses within intuitive inquiry). Attendees will gain an understanding of how mindfulness might be used to increase study quality as well as how to creatively integrate mindfulness into their own qualitative research endeavors.
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