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CRASH PART 2: INTERVIEWS WITH MALE SURVIVORS OF TRAUMATIC EVENTS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR TREATMENT By Jason Arnold, PhD from Waltham, Massachusetts Method The method for this study will use a qualitative design to examine active coping in men and will explore the types of coping responses men have when exposed to a traumatizing event. This method will use naturalistic interviews with approximately 20 male participants from undergraduate courses at a midwestern university as well as the surrounding community. The material will be transcribed, coded, and analyzed into broader themes. Preliminary findings suggest three overall themes, which will be discussed in the next chapter. Participants The participants from this study will be approximately 20 males from the Southern Illinois University campus and from the surrounding community. The participants recruited from the university campus will be recruited via flyers posted around campus as well as for an extra credit option for undergraduate courses. Those participants from outside the community will be recruited through “snowballing� (i.e., recruitment through the referral of other participants). The will examine the responses of approximately 20 males and will collect data from participant until saturation is achieved and it can be assumed that no new material can be received from recruiting any additional participants.
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Instruments The study will be using two instruments throughout the course of the study including the questionnaire protocol, which will be used to facilitate the obtaining of relevant information from the participants regarding their experience with traumatic events, their reactions, their coping responses, and their recovery. In addition, the researcher will also be used as an instrument in the study. Researcher as Instrument. In quantitative analysis, there is the luxury of being able to employ the use of instruments, which have psychometrically validated and have been used in multiple studies with great results. Qualitative research however, because it is examining the lived experiences of individuals, is not using an instrument, which uses a form of quantification of the experience. Qualitative research examines the essence of the experience. As is with such research, Qualitative designs use the researcher as the main research tool, or instrument per se. The researcher, as an instrument is how the data will be collected through observations and interacting with the participants in the study (Bogdan & Biklen, 2007). Due to the fact that the researcher will be used as the instrument by which data will be collected and examined, it is important, as with any other instrument, to understand it’s background and to be aware of it’s biases. In the case of the researcher of this study, there is an academic and clinical background in this area of research. The researcher has worked as a counselor and psychotherapist for several years in and out of the graduate school experience.
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Jason Arnold, PhD, from Waltham, Massachusetts currently is a mental health practitioner in the metro Boston area. Originally an Illinoisnative, he moved to Massachusetts seven years ago with his husband of now 20 years. Professionally, he has a PhD in psychology from Southern Illinois University. He’s done post doc work in clinical studies at Harvard University. He’s worked in outpatient psychiatric practices, intensive outpatient programs, substance abuse as well as in VA veterans’ programs. He is currently a clinician the Boston area. Jason Arnold holds current areas of interest in psychosis, depression, anxiety disorders, and Bipolar Disorder as well as men’s health. If there is an issue you think he may be able help with, please do feel free to contact him.
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