Using Q-Methodology to Involve People with Intellectual Disability in Evaluating Person-Centred Planning

Autor/inn/en	Combes, Helen; Hardy, Gillian; Buchan, Linda
Titel	Using Q-Methodology to Involve People with Intellectual Disability in Evaluating Person-Centred Planning
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 17 (2004) 3, S.149-159 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2322
DOI	10.1111/j.1468-3148.2004.00191.x
Schlagwörter	Mental Retardation; Learning Disabilities; Methods; Phenomenology; Q Methodology; Planning; Evaluation; Componential Analysis; Individual Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geistige Behinderung; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Method; Methode; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Ablaufplanung; Planungsprozess; Evaluierung; Individueller Unterschied
Abstract	Objectives: Person-centred approaches do not easily lend themselves to standard methods of evaluation. This study develops a technique that will involve service users and their circle of support in making individual plans. Methodology: Q-methodology is a phenomenological approach, which enables the researcher to co-construct the stories of many people. Two people with learning disabilities and seven members of their circle of support were identified to participate in the study. They attended a stakeholder meeting to identify 36 valued activities. The 16 participants then completed a Q-sort using photographs to represent these activities. These sorts were then interpreted using Q-methodology. Results: There were a number of intercorrelations between the card sorts. Principle component analysis showed that two factors accounted for 73% of the variance of the data. The two clusters represented the members of each person's circle of support. Analysis and comparison of the factors have highlighted the similarities and differences between individuals and their circle of support. Conclusions: This study shows that Q-methodology is a useful adjunct to person-centred planning. Looking at and interpreting the data, which emerge through Q-methodology, has highlighted both similarities and individual differences for goal planning. It has also highlighted potential areas for service change and development. Using Q-sorts over time may be a way to demonstrate the subjective change in peoples' values that occur through person-centred planning (PCP). (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10