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RESEARCH PRODUCT
A Study of a Network Meeting: Exploring the Interplay between Inner and Outer Dialogues in Significant and Meaningful Moments
Per Arne LidbomKjell KristoffersenDagfinn UllandJaakko SeikkulaTore Dag Bøesubject
Family therapyDialogicSociology and Political ScienceDialogical selfFocus (linguistics)Frame (artificial intelligence)PolyphonyPsychology (miscellaneous)PsychologySocial psychologyta515Meaning (linguistics)Qualitative researchCognitive psychologydescription
The present study is part of a series of qualitative studies focusing on dialogic practice in southern Norway. In this article, we present a qualitative study of a network meeting focusing on the interplay between the participants' inner and outer dialogues. The network meeting is between an adolescent boy, his mother and two network therapists, the same adolescent case discussed previously in this journal by Boe et al. (2013). The aim of this study is to explore how the interplay between inner and outer dialogues contributes to significant and meaningful moments for the interlocutors. A multiperspective methodology is used that combines video recordings of a network meeting and participant interviews with text analysis. Our research found the interplay has an important role in understanding the emergence of significant and meaningful moments in therapy. A one-sided focus on participants' utterances or inner dialogues was insufficient to explain their significance and meaning to the interlocutors. A dialogical approach provides a theoretical frame and concepts that are useful in investigations of therapeutic conversations.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-01 | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy |