For me, the philosophy, if it helps you, why not do it, is something that I strongly believe in. However, being a young adult new to the financial realities of life, I easily overlook option and question of, what if you can’t do it? Whether it is due to financial reasons, lack of resources, or just not being in the correct mental state to push yourself, these can all be factors of why pool therapy might not work for you. I appreciated my interview mostly because I did not gain awareness on my topic but I began to think about why maybe pool therapy wouldn’t work for everyone and opened up another question of, why do doctors not prescribe pool therapy for all of those who can benefit from it? I want to look into this area of my research more so it will be definitely something I will be asking Karen in my interview. When interviewing my patient participants I am worried about letting my interviews get to personal, as it can cause a problem with both participants. With my father, I feel it can be a problem because `because he can get to personal due to our relationship and loose focus, while my other participant, Karen’s patient, I do not want these questions to get to personal to the point where they feel uncomfortable. As Hollan also mentions, “ it is deeply distorting not to work primarily in the respondent’s core language”(pg. 338). I want to work on making sure both participants take me as well as my research serious enough to where I get the information I need for my research. I will most likely try to use probing techniques for both interviews, like the silent and tell me more techniques, because I want to allow them to talk without feeling heavily influenced by my questions. My goal is for raw material so that I can truly decide if pool therapy is a real benefit or
For me, the philosophy, if it helps you, why not do it, is something that I strongly believe in. However, being a young adult new to the financial realities of life, I easily overlook option and question of, what if you can’t do it? Whether it is due to financial reasons, lack of resources, or just not being in the correct mental state to push yourself, these can all be factors of why pool therapy might not work for you. I appreciated my interview mostly because I did not gain awareness on my topic but I began to think about why maybe pool therapy wouldn’t work for everyone and opened up another question of, why do doctors not prescribe pool therapy for all of those who can benefit from it? I want to look into this area of my research more so it will be definitely something I will be asking Karen in my interview. When interviewing my patient participants I am worried about letting my interviews get to personal, as it can cause a problem with both participants. With my father, I feel it can be a problem because `because he can get to personal due to our relationship and loose focus, while my other participant, Karen’s patient, I do not want these questions to get to personal to the point where they feel uncomfortable. As Hollan also mentions, “ it is deeply distorting not to work primarily in the respondent’s core language”(pg. 338). I want to work on making sure both participants take me as well as my research serious enough to where I get the information I need for my research. I will most likely try to use probing techniques for both interviews, like the silent and tell me more techniques, because I want to allow them to talk without feeling heavily influenced by my questions. My goal is for raw material so that I can truly decide if pool therapy is a real benefit or