Having conducted 12 semi-structured interviews (approx 1hr 45 mins each), I am about to embark on coding my transcripts. Can anyone suggest features of process addiction that I might look for as codes?
Any help gratefully received.
Tara
All Answers (9)
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Hi tara
working from a grounded theory approach, one way would be to let the codes "emerge"
just a suggestion :-)
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Hey Desley
Good advice - Thank you. Concerned I might miss something. -
Hi Tara,
You may be interested in relapse in problem gambling and a descriptive study of the relapse process that coded all the adiction issues
Oakes, J, Pols, R, Battersby, M, Lawn, S, Pulvirenti, M, Smith, D 2011, ‘A Focus Group Study of Predictors of Relapse in Electronic Gaming Machine Problem Gambling, Part 2: Factors that 'Pull' the Gambler Away from Relapse’, Journal of Gambling Studies, online.
Oakes, J, Pols, R, Battersby, M, Lawn, S, Pulvirenti, M, Smith, D 2011, ‘A Focus Group Study of Predictors of Relapse in Electronic Gaming Machine Problem Gambling, Part 1: Factors that 'Push' Towards Relapse’, Journal of Gambling Studies, online.
Rene Pols -
Superstar thank you Rene
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Ambivalence
Short term rewards of using
Long term negative consequences
Loss of control
Cravings
Triggers (people, places, situations that cause cravings or ruminations to use)
cognitive preoccupation with using
Lifestyle risk factors (poverty, underemployment, undereducated)
Mental Health Co-Occuring symptoms (trauma, anxiety, depression, anger)
Attempts to change
Relapse features
Views on self as a failure, shameful, giving up hope
Affected family and friends
these are just a few. I work as a cognitive behavioral therapist in addiction. Hope this helps! -
Tammy thank you so much. Are these features that you witness first-hand in client's with process addictions?
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Hi Tara,
Yes they are. I tried to group them according to how they present according to the Transtheoretical Stages of chage (Prochaska and DiClemente). I realize that the stages of change have been challenged in the literature regarding their temporal nature (people dont always move through the stages in a "stage" type of way,) but the descriptions are useful to describe where people are in their change process at any given time. These are direct observations based on my work with clients. -
Thank you so much Tammy, really helpful.
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Oh, and you should probably look for features of what helped them stay clean and sober during sober times and see if there is spontaneous "change talk" (Bill Miller- Motivational Interviewing)
