Body Mapping in Research

This chapter describes the methodology of body mapping, a visual technique that is used to collect qualitative data from participants about their subjective experiences pertaining mainly to bodily experiences. We begin with a definition of body mapping an

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Bronwyne Coetzee, Rizwana Roomaney, Nicola Willis, and Ashraf Kagee

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Deļ¬nition of Body Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Process of Body Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . History of Body Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . When Is Body Mapping Used? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Varied Uses of Body Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Examples of Body Mapping Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Things to Consider When Planning a Study Using Body Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 Will Body Mapping Facilitate Answering the Research Question? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 Has the Purpose of the Body Map Been Made Clear in the Study? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 Is Body Mapping an Appropriate Technique to Use with the Participants? . . . . . . . 7.4 What Other Qualitative Methods will Be Used in Conjunction with Body Mapping? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5 How Many Contact Sessions will Be Required with Participants? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6 How Structured will the Body Mapping Sessions Be? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 How and What Data will Be Analyzed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.8 How to Conduct a Body Mapping Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 An Example of a Study Using Body Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1 Subjective Experiences of Depression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2 Idioms of Distress Used by Adolescents Living with HIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Methodological Rigor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Ethical Aspects of Body Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Conclusion and Future Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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