Multiperspectival designs and processes in interpretative phenomenological analysis research

This paper asks how interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) can be extended beyond its usual practice. Most IPA studies in applied research examine a single group that shares a view of one experience. The authors argue that many experiences are complex and systemic, so understanding them may require hearing from several vantage points on the same phenomenon, and they want to show how this can be done rigorously and in a way that stays consistent with IPA's philosophical roots. The article sets out a series of multiple-perspective research designs and the analytic procedures that go with them. The abstract describes these as adaptable across many settings and populations. It does not give the specific participant numbers, recruitment steps, or worked case examples used to develop them, so the concrete mechanics are not visible from the summary alone. The stated aim is to link these designs to practical outcomes such as psychological intervention, behaviour change design, and policy recommendations. The authors place the approach within phenomenology, pluralistic idiography, qualitative psychology, and broader social and behavioural science debates. Findings are presented as a set of designs rather than as measured results, so the paper reports no numerical outcomes. Readers should note that it is a methodological proposal: its value depends on how well the designs perform when applied, which the abstract does not demonstrate. The abstract does not state its limits.