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Szilvia Kassai has a doctoral degree in clinical psychology
and addiction from Eövös Loránd University. Her research
interests include recovery processes; what does recovery mean
to a person who is in recovery from addiction or psychiatric
disorder. She is also engaged in utilizing gualitative methods
in psychology research. After the completion of the doctoral
program she was working as a desk officer for drug issues at
the Ministry of Human Capacities, Hungary. She is currently a
scientific assistant of National Research, Development and
Innovation Office.
The present book is the outcome and a summary of my most important papers
written during my PhD years. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was the
most suitable research method for my research inguiry; the recovery approach. When I
have started my PhD research there was no IPA study published in Hungarian language.
That is why the aim of my research was not only to examine recovery processes by IPA
and through this get a deeper insight into this phenomenon, but also to establish the
practice of doing a research with IPA method in the Hungarian language.
This book firstly describes what recovery approach is, and in what areas is it used.
The theoretical foundations and the research design of IPA are also discussed. It is
also concerns why it is beneficial to use IPA in research that assessing recovery stories.
The second part of the book consists of four empirical studies related to the recovery
approach. The final part of the book discusses all of the study findings in general and
presents their contribution to the field.