The Open University's repository of research publications and other research outputs Q methodology and a Delphi poll: a useful approach to researching a narrative approach to therapy Journal Article (2009). Q methodology and a Delphi poll: a useful approach to researching a narrative approach to therapy. Copyright and Moral Rights for the articles on this site are retained by the individual aut...

We describe the N2 (Narrative Networks) Corpus, a new language resource. The corpus is unique in three important ways. First, every text in the corpus is a story, which is in contrast to other language resources that may contain stories or story-like texts, but are not specifically curated to contain only stories. Second, the unifying theme of the corpus is material relevant to Islamist Extremi...

apart from the linguistic ability in translation which has constantly been the focus of scholars in the past decades, many recent arguments and research on translation quality point to the indispensable effect of mental and cognitive aspects of translator on his translation performance. in this paper we sought to implement this psychological approach and to investigate the probable relationship...

This study compared 2 main approaches to readability assessment. Thequantitative approach applied idea density based on part of speech tagging andcompared 3 sets of text types (i.e., narrative, expository, and argumentative) withrespect to their ease of reading. The qualitative approach was done throughdeveloping questionnaires measuring intermediate EFL learners’ perceptions oncontent, motivat...

Introduction: Narrative therapy is a rather new approach based on the postmodern approach in treatment of mental disorders. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of group therapy on reducing identity crisis and mental health improvement of boy students at Divandarreh high schools. Methods: In a semi-experimental study targeting all boy students studying at Divandarreh high schools (2...

In this article, we address the particular issue of authoring interactive narrative with respect to video-games and interactive storytelling. We first introduce the narrative paradox between interactivity and narrative content in virtual environments and consider its impact on game design and development. We then introduce the concept of the Emergent Narrative (EN) and the particular philosophy...

Objective To develop a practical step-by-step approach to constructing narrative health interventions in response to the mixed results and wide diversity of narratives used in health-related narrative persuasion research. Method Development work was guided by essential narrative characteristics as well as principles enshrined in the Health Action Process Approach. Results The 'storybridging...

Key points 21.1 Introduction 21.2 What is narrative analysis? 21.2.1 The traditional status of qualitative data 21.2.2 Narrative analysis 21.2.3 Definitions 21.2.4 Example: narratives of chronic illness 21.2.5 Example: stories of homelessness 21.3 The social production of the story 21.3.1 Stories as symbolic interactions 21.3.2 Stories as political process 21.3.3 Representation 21.4 Using a nar...