Understanding Unconscious Thoughts of the Self: Imaginative Metaphor Elicitation Technique in Qualitative Research


Cömert P. N., Gürol Y.

Yıldız Social Science Review, cilt.9, sa.2, ss.64-72, 2023 (Hakemli Dergi)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 9 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.51803/yssr.1383290
  • Dergi Adı: Yıldız Social Science Review
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Asos İndeks, Other Indexes
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.64-72
  • Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Qualitative studies unveil the profound characteristics of human experiences. Particularly, qualitative studies using metaphor elicitation techniques have the opportunity to explore unconscious thoughts which reflects participants deepest thoughts and feelings about a concept. As most human thinking is unconscious, research tools analyzing unconscious thoughts are necessary especially in social sciences. In this article, metaphor elicitation techniques are explained and their implementation is depicted stage by stage. In this context, the process of using each technique is described in detail and related examples are presented. Finally, a relatively new technique used by Nardon & Hari (2021), Imaginative Metaphor Elicitation is explicated and the importance of this new technique is emphasized by encouraging future studies to use this technique.