Thesis
Reworking fidelity : a discursive psychological approach
- Creator
- Awarding institution
- University of Strathclyde
- Date of award
- 2012
- Thesis identifier
- T13223
- Qualification Level
- Qualification Name
- Department, School or Faculty
- Abstract
- Evidence-based parenting programmes, such as Triple P and Incredible Years, have produced significant improvements in child and family outcomes. As such, UK government and the National Health Service (NHS) have made considerable investments in the wide-scale delivery of these interventions. There is, however, a limited understanding of how these programmes are actually delivered by local practitioners and received by individual clients. A discursive psychological approach was therefore adopted to allow a situated and detailed analysis of the real-time social actions occurring within these groups. Video recordings were collected from seven groups, resulting in a data corpus of twenty hours. The analysis focused on two prescribed facilitator tools: praise and role-play. Praise statements functioned to facilitate topic shift and conversational closure. This finding challenges predominate conceptualisations of praise as helping stimulate discussion. Role-play invitations were sequentially structured to minimize parental input, helping secure participation. These findings have the potential to inform the development of training materials and help guide future facilitator practice.
- Resource Type
- DOI
- Date Created
- 2012
- Former identifier
- 947863
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