Karen Pallesgaard Munk

The concept of 'coping' is fundamental in stress research, as an overall designation for everything people do to deal with stressful situations. In this book Karen Pallesgaard Munk further develops the theory of coping, using the American psychologist Richard S. Lazarus' analysis of emotions to research how individuals and groups experience stress. This new method, which Karen Pallesgaard Munk calls Qualitative Micro Analysis, begins with interviews that focus on both practical and emotional aspects of the life situation of the informant. Against this background, a systematic mapping of the informant's coping strategies and related narratives is made as a basis for change. In this book, instructions are given for how to conduct a coping interview, analyse the results and then communicate the data. The guidelines are applicable to both large research projects and smaller investigations on stress and well-being, for example by students of health.

Den amerikanske psykolog Richard S. Lazarus indtager med copingteorien en central plads i stress-forskningen. I denne bog viser Karen Pallesgaard Munk, hvorDanish Lazaus' teori kan udnyttes i en systematisk kortlAegning og sammenligning af individers eller gruppers made at opleve og handtere stress. Metoden kaldes kvalitativ mikroanalyse. Mikroanalysen reprAesenterer en ny type kvalitativ metode, idet den opsAetter en psykologisk-teoretisk ramme for udforskning af belastninger og stress og anvender emotionsanalyse af de udforskede cases. Bogen stiller analyseredskaber til radighed for alle, der er professionelt interesseret i udforskningen af copingprocesser. Den kan anvendes som manual i forbindelse med storre forskningsprojekter, men ogsa af psykologi- og medicinstuderende samt bachelorstuderende inden for sundhedsomradet, som skal udfore mindre undersogelser af stress og trivsel.