Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) is a specific experiential qualitative methodology. It is now used widely in psychology and in the human, health and social sciences more generally.IPA is concerned with trying to understand how participants themselves make sense of their experience. This discussion group is for both experienced IPA researchers as well as those who are at the start of their IPA journey.

If you are new to IPA and seeking advice please do the two following things before posting a message:
a) read the book on IPA: JA Smith, P Flowers, M Larkin (2009) Interpretative Phenomnenological Analysis. London: Sage. This covers basic information to help people get started with IPA
b) check the archives of this discussion group- many things have been discussed before. click on 'messages' in the left column and then enter a search term.