Embracing the Visual: Using Timelines with In-Depth Interviews on Substance Use and Treatment.
Embracing the Visual: Using Timelines with In-Depth Interviews on Substance Use and Treatment.
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拥抱视觉：利用时间线对药物使用和治疗进行深入访谈。
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2011
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L. Berends
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人们通常只在面临重大危机时才寻求治疗成瘾。了解药物使用和寻求治疗的轨迹可能有助于确定干预点。在这项研究中，我探索了视觉方法的使用，并进行了深入的访谈，以代表人们的物质使用、危急事件和治疗途径。伦理批准的条件是只提交汇总的调查结果，尽管偶尔可以用引语来说明。开发了典型的时间线，以及描述假想参与者的文本片段，这些参与者的经历与这些时间线中显示的情况相匹配。时间线的好处包括将听觉和视觉数据结合在一起，以及简洁和整体的呈现形式。然而，使用典型的时间线和假设的小插曲意味着失去了个人对经历的描述中的丰富性。其他办法，如使用个别和摘要时间表和文字说明，将保持陈述的简明性，同时使与会者的声音能够被听到。深度访谈的目的是获取经历的故事，产生真实的描述，这些描述是被采访者和采访者之间建立的移情关系的产物(Silverman，2001)。这种方法支持对感知和体验的探索，目的是从参与者的角度描述和解释所发生的事情。面谈的背景和参与者回忆所发生的事情的能力可能会产生重大影响。可视化方法是提高所获得信息质量的一种方式，它们可以为分析和呈现提供好处(Harper，2002)。在这篇文章中，我们探讨了在深度访谈中使用时间表的好处和挑战。这一方法被应用于一项涉及有药物滥用经历的人的研究，并考虑了与数据减少和提交有关的问题。
People typically seek treatment for addiction only when faced with a major crisis. Understanding the trajectory of substance use and treatment seeking may assist in identifying points for intervention. In this study I explored the use of visual methods with in-depth interviews to represent people’s substance use, critical events, and treatment pathways. Ethics approval was granted with the condition that only aggregate findings would be presented, although occasional quotes could be used for illustration. Typical timelines were developed, along with text vignettes describing hypothetical participants whose experience matched that shown in these timelines. Benefits of the timelines include the combination of aural and visual data, along with the concise and holistic form of presentation. However, the use of typical timelines and hypothetical vignettes meant a loss of the richness found in individual portrayals of experience. Alternative approaches, such as the use of individual and summary timelines with text illustrations would preserve the conciseness of representation while enabling the voice of the participant to be heard. In-depth interviews aim to elicit stories of experience, generating authentic accounts that are the product of the empathetic relationship that is developed between interviewee and interviewer (Silverman, 2001). This approach supports the exploration of perception and experience, with the goal of describing and explaining what has occurred from the participant’s viewpoint. The context for the interview and the participant’s capacity to recall what has occurred may have substantial impact. Visual methods are one way to enhance the quality of the information obtained and they may offer benefits for analysis and presentation (Harper, 2002). In this article, the benefits and challenges of using timelines with in-depth interviews are explored. This approach was applied in a study involving people that have experienced substance abuse and issues pertaining to data reduction and presentation have been considered.