Tkachuk, MichelleRussell-Mayhew, ShellyKassan, AnushaDimitropoulos, Gina2024-09-272024-09-272019-02-23Tkachuk, M., Russell-Mayhew, S., Kassan, A., & Dimitropoulos, G. (2019). Adapting Descriptive Psychological Phenomenology to Include Dyadic Interviews: Practical Considerations for Data Analysis. The Qualitative Report, 24(2), 352-370. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2019.3406https://hdl.handle.net/1880/118875Tkachuk, M., Russell-Mayhew, S., Kassan, A., & Dimitropoulos, G. (2019). Adapting Descriptive Psychological Phenomenology to Include Dyadic Interviews: Practical Considerations for Data Analysis. The Qualitative Report, 24(2), 352-370.Dyadic interviews are an approach to qualitative data collection designed to understand the meaning pairs of individuals make from experiences. The greatest benefit of dyadic interviews, and perhaps a reason for their gaining momentum in the literature, is that they encourage participants to interact, resulting in detailed and complex descriptions of phenomena. However, dyadic interviews pose challenges to qualitative researchers. Researchers must figure out how to account for the presence of two interviewees, any differences in perspective, and interactions. Unfortunately, no known study demonstrates how the interactions of dyadic interviews can be analyzed in accordance with a methodological approach. Rather, researchers tend to observe pre-existing methods without direct mention of modification for conducting and analyzing dyadic interviews. Thus, the degree to which participant interactions are being analyzed in current studies remains unknown. In the following paper, we use Giorgi’s (2009) descriptive psychological phenomenology as an exemplar for how dyadic interviews may be applied to qualitative investigations. The theoretical fit of dyadic interviews with Giorgi’s approach, proposed modifications, and their limitations, are discussed.enCopyright Authors and NSUWorks 2019 Unless otherwise indicated, this material is protected by copyright and has been made available with authorization from the copyright owner. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Dyadic InterviewsQualitative Research MethodsDescriptive PhenomenologyDescriptive Psychological PhenomenologyShared ExperienceArticlehttps://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2019.3406