Prof Jonathan Smith

Positions held:

Professor of Psychology, School of Psychological Sciences

Email

Birkbeck: ja.smith@bbk.ac.uk

Overview
Overview

Biography

I am Professor of Psychology at Birkbeck University of London where I conduct research using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) and lead the IPA research group. I teach qualitative methods at all levels. Prior to coming to Birkbeck I held lectureships at Keele and Sheffield Universities.

Qualifications
- BA, University of Cambridge
- MSc , University of Sussex
- D Phil, University of Oxford
Honours and awards
- Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society, BPS,
- Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciencs, AcoSS,
Research
Research

Research overview

I lead the interpretative phenomenological analysis research group (IPARG) at Birkbeck. We are a large group of staff, researchers and PhD students who conduct research on a wide range of areas particularly on the experience of health and illness and the process of personal change. See this website for details members of the group and our work: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/psychology/ipa
My current research activities include:
NIHR funded project on the experience of a modified CBT intervention for young people with epilepsy and mental health difficulties. Collaboration with Roz Shaffran ICH. Researcher: Isabella Nizza.
Working in India under COVID-19. Collaborations with Naved Iqbal and Ghazi Shahnawaz, New Delhi. Researchers: Ashti Emran and Drishti Kashyap.
Long term impact of MST therapy for young people. With Peter Fonagy and Stephen Butler, UCL and Dom Conroy, UEL.
Preparing second edition of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Book with Paul Flowers and Michael Larkin for Sage.
Writing introductory book on IPA with Isabella Nizza as part of invited series on qualitative methods edited by Clara Hill and Sarah Knox for the APA, USA.
The experience of supervision in coaching. Collaboration with Joel DiGirolamo and Sarah Eustice (USA). Researcher: Alice Ryley.
Review of IPA research in clinical genetics with Rachel Starr.
IPARG also act as a hub for IPA activities and support groups nationally and internationally and hosts the main IPA website: http://www.ipa.bbk.ac.uk/ . The website has a great deal of useful information on recommended reading, e-discussion group, events etc.

Research clusters and groups
- Head, Interpretative phenomenological analysis research group
- Member, Health and Lived Experience (HALE)
- Deputy Director, Birkbeck Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Mental Health
Supervision and teaching
Supervision and teaching

Supervision

Supervisions within Birkbeck:

14

Current doctoral researchers
- ADAM KNOWLES
  
  Nature of supervision:
  Principal Supervisor, Oct 2019 onwards
- BAYE ASFAW
  
  Nature of supervision:
  Principal Supervisor, Oct 2022 onwards
- CURT STRANGWARD
  
  Nature of supervision:
  Principal Supervisor, Oct 2020 onwards
- MAH RANA
  
  Nature of supervision:
  Principal Supervisor, Oct 2017 onwards
Doctoral alumni since 2013-14
- NEDA HATAMI
  
  Nature of supervision:
  Principal Supervisor, Sep 2013
  
  Title of thesis:
  Living the Lives of Others: How Actors Experience Playing Characters on Stage and How the Characters Affect Them
  
  Awarded:
  2023
- SUZI GODSON
  
  Nature of supervision:
  Principal Supervisor, Sep 2015
  
  Title of thesis:
  How do women experience midlife divorce? A Longitudinal Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (LIPA)
  
  Awarded:
  2023
- TIN-SU LIANG
  
  Nature of supervision:
  Principal Supervisor, Oct 2016
  
  Title of thesis:
  Exploring the experience of travelling with and taking care for a guide dog: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
  
  Awarded:
  2023
- ISABELLA NIZZA
  
  Nature of supervision:
  Principal Supervisor, Sep 2014
  
  Title of thesis:
  Unfolding portraits of pain: a longitudinal interpretative phenomenological analysis of chronic pain sufferers’ self-management journeys as recounted through interviews and drawings of pain and Self
  
  Awarded:
  2022
- JOANNA FARR
  
  Nature of supervision:
  Principal Supervisor, Sep 2014
  
  Title of thesis:
  Understanding the experience of mood change and early intervention for people diagnosed with bipolar disorder
  
  Awarded:
  2021
- RACHEL STARR
  
  Nature of supervision:
  Principal Supervisor
  
  Title of thesis:
  Apprehending Paintings: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Experience of Viewing Art
  
  Awarded:
  2020
- MEGUMI FIELDSEND
  
  Nature of supervision:
  Principal Supervisor, Sep 2014
  
  Title of thesis:
  Facing and dealing with the challenge of involuntary childlessness: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
  
  Awarded:
  2019
- WAFA TURKISTANI
  
  Nature of supervision:
  Principal Supervisor, Sep 2013
  
  Title of thesis:
  Unemployment in Spinal Cord Injury: Understanding the lived experiences of unemployed individuals with spinal cord injury and those who provide spinal cord injury vocational support in the community
  
  Awarded:
  2019
- PRUNELLA GEE
  
  Nature of supervision:
  Principal Supervisor
  
  Title of thesis:
  What is the psychological impact of retirement on men? An interpretative phenomenological analysis.
  
  Awarded:
  2018
Teaching

Teaching modules
- Project BSc Psychology (PSYC046S6)
- Qualitative Methods (PSYC074H7)
- Introduction to Research Methods (SCPS154S4)
- Research Methods 2 (SCPS178H5)
- Principles of Experimental Psychology (SCPS212H7)
Publications
Publications
Article
- Nizza, Isabella and Smith, Jonathan A. and Bennett, S.D. and Chorpita, B. and Cross, J.H. and Heyman, I. and Moss-Morris, R. and Blackstone, J. and Coughtrey, A.E. and Dalrymple, E. and Shah, M. and D'oelsnitz, A. and Shafran, R. (2024) Examining change in the mental health of young people with epilepsy following a successful psychological intervention. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry ISSN 1359-1045. (In Press)
- Rodgers, D. and Smith, Jonathan (2024) Exploring attitudes towards xenotransplantation: a scoping review of healthcare workers, healthcare students, and kidney patients. Xenotransplantation 31 (3), pp. e12860. ISSN 1399-3089.
- Smith, Jonathan (2024) Travelling in time: using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) to examine temporal aspects of the personal experience of issues in health and well-being. European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling ISSN 1364-2537. (In Press)
- Farr, Joanna and Rhodes, John and Baruch, E. and Smith, Jonathan (2024) Early intervention in psychosis for first episode psychotic mania: the experience of people diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Journal of Mental Health ISSN 0963-8237.
- Bennett, S.D. and Cross, J.H. and Chowdhury, K. and Ford, T. and Heyman, I. and Coughtrey, A.E. and Dalrymple, E. and Byford, S. and Chorpita, B. and Fonagy, P. and Moss-Morris, R. and Reilly, C. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Stephenson, T. and Varadkar, S. and Blackstone, J. and Quartly, H. and Hughes, T. and Lewins, A. and Moore, E. and Walji, F. and Welch, A. and Whelan, E. and Zacharia, A. and D'Oelsnitz, A. and Shah, M. and Xu, L. and Vezyroglou, A. and Mitchell, K. and Nizza, Isabella and Ganguli, P. and Shafran, R. (2024) Clinical effectiveness of the psychological therapy Mental Health Intervention for Children with Epilepsy in addition to usual care compared with assessment-enhanced usual care alone: a multicentre, randomised controlled clinical trial in the UK. The Lancet 403 (10433), pp. 1254-1266. ISSN 0140-6736.
- Nizza, Isabella and Smith, Jonathan and Kirkham, Jamie (2023) Picturing oneself over time: a multi-modal interpretative phenomenological analysis of pain management trajectories. European Journal of Pain ISSN 1090-3801.
- Wilson, S. and Hean, S. and Abebe, T. and Heaslip, V. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2023) The war within: emotional experiences of children in Norwegian Child Protection Services. Children's Geographies ISSN 1473-3285.
- Starr, Rachel and Smith, Jonathan A. (2023) Looking at a painting: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Art and Perception 11 (3-4), pp. 338-363. ISSN 2213-4913.
- Conroy, Dominic and Smith, Jonathan A. and Butler, S. and Byford, S. and Cottrell, D. and Kraam, A. and Fonagy, P. and Ellison, R. and Simes, E. and Anokhina, A. (2023) The long-term impact of Multi-Systemic Therapy: an experiential study of the adolescent-young adult life transition. Journal of Adolescent Research 38 (5), pp. 842-875. ISSN 0743-5584.
- Starr, Rachel and Smith, Jonathan A. (2023) Making sense of an artwork: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of participants’ accounts of viewing a well-known painting.. Qualitative Psychology 10 (1), pp. 107-120. ISSN 2326-3598.
- Farr, Joanna and Rhodes, John and Baruch, E. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2023) First episode psychotic mania and its aftermath: the experience of people diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Psychosis: Psychological, Social and Integrative Approaches ISSN 1752-3429.
- Farr, Joanna and Rhodes, John and Smith, Jonathan A. (2023) Recovering from first episode psychotic mania: the experience of people diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Early Intervention In Psychiatry ISSN 1751-7885.
- Chaffelson, R. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Katona, C. and Clements, H. (2023) The challenges faced during Home Office interview when seeking asylum in the United Kingdom: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Ethnic and Racial Studies 46 (7), pp. 1269-1289. ISSN 0141-9870.
- Emran, A. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Iqbal, N. (2023) Psychotherapists’ experience of the transition to Telepsychotherapy amidst COVID-19 in India. Counselling Psychology Quarterly 36 (2), pp. 297-320. ISSN 0951-5070.
- Nizza, Isabella and Smith, Jonathan A. and Kirkham, J. (2022) Portraying improvement in the management of chronic pain: a multi-modal longitudinal interpretative phenomenological analysis study. Frontiers in Pain Research 3 (901271), ISSN 2673-561X.
- Fieldsend, Megumi and Smith, Jonathan A. (2022) Interpersonal dynamics of women in midlife living with involuntary childlessness. Journal of Adult Development 29, pp. 159-170. ISSN 1068-0667.
- Fieldsend, Megumi and Smith, Jonathan A. (2022) Exploring the experiences of four men living with involuntary childlessness in midlife. Journal of Loss and Trauma 27 (1), pp. 49-62. ISSN 1532-5024.
- Suhail, A. and Iqbal, N. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2021) Lived experiences of Indian youth amid COVID-19 crisis. international Journal of Social Psychiatry 67 (5), pp. 559-566. ISSN 0020-7640.
- Starr, Rachel and Smith, Jonathan A. (2021) "People are gazing” - An interpretive phenomenological analysis of viewing Velázquez. Art and Perception 9 (3), pp. 241-259. ISSN 2213-4913.
- Nizza, Isabella and Farr, Joanna and Smith, Jonathan A. (2021) Achieving excellence in interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA): four markers of high quality. Qualitative Research in Psychology ISSN 1478-0887.
- Rana, Mah and Smith, Jonathan A. (2020) Knitting with my mother: using interpretative phenomenological analysis and video to investigate the lived experience of dyadic crafting in dementia care. Journal of Arts and Communities 11 (1-2), pp. 51-62. ISSN 1757-1936.
- Spiers, Johanna and Smith, Jonathan A. and Ferrer-Duch, M. and Moldovan, R. and Roche, J. and Macleod, R. (2020) Evaluating a genetic counselling narrative group session for people who have tested mutation positive for the Huntington’s Disease expansion: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Journal of Genetic Counseling 29 (6), pp. 1015-1025. ISSN 1059-7700.
- Fonagy, P and Butler, S and Cottrell, D and Scott, S and Pilling, S. and Eisler, I. and Fuggle, P. and Kraam, A. and Byford, S. and Wason, J. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Anokhina, A. and Ellison, R. and Simes, E. and Ganguli, P. and Allison, E. and Goodyer, I.M. (2020) Multisystemic therapy versus management as usual in the treatment of adolescent antisocial behaviour (START): 5-year follow-up of a pragmatic, randomised controlled, superiority trial. The Lancet Psychiatry 7 (5), pp. 420-430. ISSN 2215-0366.
- Fieldsend, Megumi and Smith, Jonathan A. (2020) “Either stay grieving, or deal with it”: the psychological impact of involuntary childlessness for women living in midlife. Human Reproduction 35 (4), pp. 876-885. ISSN 0268-1161.
- Huff, J. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Jesiek, B. and Zoltowski, C. and Oakes, W. (2019) Identity in engineering adulthood: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of early-career engineers in the United States as they transition to the workplace. Emerging Adulthood 7 (6), pp. 451-467. ISSN 2167-6968.
- Glendinning, E. and Spiers, J. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Anderson, J. and Campbell, L.J. and Cooper, V. and Horne, R. (2019) A qualitative study to identify perceptual barriers to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) uptake and adherence in HIV positive people from UK Black African and Caribbean communities. AIDS and Behavior 23 (9), pp. 2514-2521. ISSN 1573-3254.
- Horne, R. and Glendinning, E. and King, K. and Chalder, T. and Sabin, C. and Walker, A.S. and Campbell, L.J. and Mosweu, I. and Anderson, J. and Collins, S. and Jopling, R. and McCrone, P. and Leake Date, H. and Michie, S. and Nelson, M. and Perry, N. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Sseruma, W. and Cooper, V. (2019) Protocol of a two arm randomised, multi-centre, 12-month controlled trial: Evaluating the impact of a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)-based intervention Supporting UPtake and Adherence to antiretrovirals (SUPA) in adults with HIV. BMC Public Health (905), ISSN 1471-2458.
- Shamoon, S. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Jahanshahi, M. (2019) The lived experiences of deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Parkinson's Disease ISSN 2090-8083.
- Rhodes, J. and Hackney, S. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2019) Emptiness, engulfment, and life struggle: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of chronic depression. Journal of Constructivist Psychology 32 (4), pp. 390-407. ISSN 1072-0537.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (2018) Participants and researchers searching for meaning: interpretative phenomenological analysis and the experience of pain. Qualitative Research in Psychology 16 (2), pp. 166-181. ISSN 1478-0887.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (2018) ‘Yes it is phenomenological’: a reply to Max Van Manen’s critique of interpretative phenomenological analysis. Qualitative Health Research 28 (12), pp. 1955-1958. ISSN 1049-7323.
- Farr, Joanna and Blenkiron, L. and Harris, R. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2018) “It's my language, my culture and it's personal!” Migrant mothers' experience of language use and identity change in their relationship with their children: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Journal of Family Issues 39 (11), pp. 3029-3054. ISSN 0192-513X.
- Nizza, Isabella and Smith, Jonathan A. and Kirkham, J. (2018) Put the illness in a box: a longitudinal interpretative phenomenological analysis of changes in a sufferer’s pictorial representations of pain following participation in a pain management programme. British Journal of Pain 12 (3), pp. 163-170. ISSN 2049-4637.
- Antoine, P. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2017) Saisir l’expérience : présentation de l’analyse phénoménologique interprétative comme méthodologie qualitative en psychologie Getting at experience: an outline of interpretative phenomenological analysis as a qualitative psychology methodology. Psychologie Francaise 62 (4), pp. 373-385. ISSN 0033-2984.
- Smith, Jonathan A. and Spiers, Johanna and Simpson, P. and Nicholls, A. (2017) The psychological challenges of living with an ileostomy: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Health Psychology 36 (2), pp. 143-151. ISSN 0278-6133.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (2017) Interpretative phenomenological analysis: Getting at lived experience. The Journal of Positive Psychology 12 (3), pp. 303-304. ISSN 1743-9760.
- Spiers, Johanna and Smith, Jonathan A. (2016) Waiting for a kidney from a deceased donor: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Psychology, Health and Medicine 21 (7), pp. 836-844. ISSN 1354-8506.
- Spiers, Johanna and Smith, Jonathan A. and Simpson, P. and Nicholls, A. (2016) The treatment experiences of people living with ileostomies: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing 72 (11), pp. 2662-2671. ISSN 0309-2402.
- Spiers, Johanna and Smith, Jonathan A. and Poliquin, E. and Anderson, J. and Horne, R. (2016) The experience of antiretroviral treatment for Black West African women who are HIV positive and living in London: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. AIDS and Behaviour 20 (9), pp. 2151-2163. ISSN 1090-7165.
- Hartie, K.J. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2016) Five fathers' experience of an adult son sustaining a cervical spinal cord injury: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Spinal Cord Series and Cases 2, pp. 16015. ISSN 2058-6124.
- Nizza, Isabella and Britton, Heather P. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2016) "You have to die first": exploring the thoughts and feelings on organ donation of British women who have not signed up to be donors. Journal of Health Psychology 21 (5), pp. 650-660. ISSN 1359-1053.
- Kirkham, J. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Havsteen-Franklin, D. (2015) Painting pain: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of representations of living with chronic pain. Health Psychology 34 (4), pp. 398-406. ISSN 0278-6133.
- Jacobs, C. and Dancyger, Caroline and Smith, Jonathan A. and Michie, S. (2015) Accuracy of recall of information about a cancer-predisposing BRCA1/2 gene mutation among patients and relatives. European Journal of Human Genetics 23, pp. 147-151. ISSN 1018-4813.
- Osborn, M. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2015) The personal experience of chronic benign lower back pain: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. British Journal of Pain 9 (1), pp. 65-83. ISSN 2049-4637.
- Smith, Jonathan A. and Rhodes, J.E. (2014) Being depleted and being shaken: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experiential features of a first episode of depression. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice 88 (2), pp. 197-209. ISSN 1476-0835.
- Smith, Jonathan A. and Osborn, M. (2014) Interpretative phenomenological analysis as a useful methodology for research on the lived experience of pain. British Journal of Pain 9 (4), pp. 41-42. ISSN 2049-4637.
- Doran, K. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2014) Psychology people in profile: Professor Jonathan A. Smith (part-one). The Quarterly 90, pp. 39-42. ISSN 1746-6016.
- Doran, K. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2014) Psychology people in profile: Professor Jonathan A. Smith (part-two). The Quarterly 92, pp. 72-76. ISSN 1746-6016.
- Rodriguez, L. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2014) 'Finding your own place': an interpretative phenomenological analysis of young men's experience of early recovery from addiction. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 12 (4), pp. 477-490. ISSN 1557-1874.
- Van Parys, H. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Rober, P. (2014) Growing up with a mother with depression: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. The Qualitative Report 19 (29), pp. 1-18. ISSN 1052-0147.
- Eatough, Virginia and Santini, H. and Eiser, C. and Goller, M.-L. and Krysa, W. and de Nicola, A. and Paduanello, M. and Petrollini, M. and Rakowicz, M. and Squitieri, F. and Tibben, A. and Lee Weille, K. and Landwehrmeyer, B. and Quarrell, O. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2013) The personal experience of parenting a child with Juvenile Huntington’s Disease: perceptions across Europe. European Journal of Human Genetics 21, pp. 1042-1048. ISSN 1018-4813.
- Quarrell, O. and Nance, M.A. and Nopoulos, P. and Paulsen, J.S. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Squitieri, F. (2013) Managing juvenile Huntington’s disease. Neurodegenerative Disease Management 3 (3), pp. 267-276. ISSN 1758-2024.
- Smith, Jonathan A. and Stephenson, M. and Jacobs, C. and Quarrell, O. (2013) Doing the right thing for one's children: deciding whether to take the genetic test for Huntington's disease as a moral dilemma. Clinical Genetics 83 (5), pp. 417-421. ISSN 0009-9163.
- Robinson, O. and Wright, Gordon R.T. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2013) The holistic phase model of early adult crisis. Journal of Adult Development 20 (1), pp. 27-37. ISSN 1068-0667.
- Atkins, L. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Kelly, M.P. and Michie, S. (2013) The process of developing evidence-based guidance in medicine and public health: a qualitative study of views from the inside. Implementation Science 8 (101), ISSN 1748-5908.
- Stuart-Smith, S.J. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Scott, E.J. (2012) To know or not to know? Dilemmas for women receiving unknown oocyte donation. Human Reproduction 27 (7), pp. 2067-2075. ISSN 0268-1161.
- Spiers, J. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2012) Using autobiographical poetry as data to investigate the experience of living with end-stage renal disease: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Creative Approaches to Research 5 (2), pp. 119-140. ISSN 1835-9442.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (2011) "We could be diving for pearls": the value of the gem in experiential qualitative psychology. Qualitative Methods In Psychology Bulletin (12), pp. 6-15. ISSN 2044-0820.
- Stuart-Smith, S.J. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Scott, E.J. (2011) Treatment decision making in anonymous donor eggin-vitrofertilisation: a qualitative study of childless women and women with genetically related children. Human Fertility 14 (2), pp. 97-105. ISSN 1464-7273.
- Dancyger, C. and Wiseman, M. and Jacobs, C. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Wallace, M. and Michie, S. (2011) Communicating BRCA1/2 genetic test results within the family: a qualitative analysis. Psychology & Health 26 (8), pp. 1018-1035. ISSN 0887-0446.
- Glasscoe, Claire and Smith, Jonathan A. (2011) Unravelling complexities involved in parenting a child with cystic fibrosis: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 16 (2), pp. 279-298. ISSN 1359-1045.
- Shinebourne, P. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2011) Images of addiction and recovery: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experience of addiction and recovery as expressed in visual images. Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy 18 (5), pp. 313-322. ISSN 0968-7637.
- Shinebourne, P. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2011) 'It is just habitual' :an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experience of long-term recovery from addiction. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 9 (3), pp. 282-295. ISSN 1557-1874.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (2011) Evaluating the contribution of interpretative phenomenological analysis. Health Psychology Review 5 (1), pp. 9-27. ISSN 1743-7199.
- Smith, Jonathan A. and Dancyger, Caroline and Wallace, M. and Jacobs, C. and Michie, S. (2011) The development of a methodology for examining the process of family communication of genetic test results. Journal of Genetic Counseling 20 (1), pp. 23-34. ISSN 1059-7700.
- Dancyger, Caroline and Smith, Jonathan A. and Jacobs, C. and Wallace, M. and Michie, S. (2010) Comparing family members’ motivations and attitudes towards genetic testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer: a qualitative analysis. European Journal of Human Genetics 18 (12), pp. 1289-1295. ISSN 1018-4813.
- Smith, Jonathan A. and Robinson, O. (2010) Investigating the form and dynamics of crisis episodes in early adulthood: the application of a composite qualitative method. Qualitative Research in Psychology 7 (2), pp. 170-191. ISSN 1478-0887.
- Shinebourne, Pnina and Smith, Jonathan A. (2010) The communicative power of metaphors: an analysis and interpretation of metaphors in accounts of the experience of addiction. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice 83 (1), pp. 59-73. ISSN 1476-0835.
- Rhodes, J. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2010) 'The top of my head came off': an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experience of depression. Counselling Psychology Quarterly 23 (4), pp. 399-409. ISSN 0951-5070.
- Robinson, O.C. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2010) The stormy search for self in early adulthood: developmental crisis and the dissolution of dysfunctional personae. The Humanistic Psychologist 38 (2), pp. 120-145. ISSN 0887-3267.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (2010) Interpretative phenomenological analysis: a reply to Amedeo Giorgi. Existential Analysis 21 (2), pp. 186-192.
- de Visser, R.O. and Smith, Jonathan A. and McDonnell, E.J. (2009) 'That's not masculine': masculine capital and health-related behaviour. Journal of Health Psychology 14 (7), pp. 1047-1058. ISSN 1359-1053.
- Shinebourne, Pnina and Smith, Jonathan A. (2009) Alcohol and the self: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experience of addiction and its impact on the sense of self and identity. Addiction Research & Theory 17 (2), pp. 152-167. ISSN 1606-6359.
- Eatough, Virginia and Smith, Jonathan A. and Shaw, R. (2008) Women, anger, and aggression an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 23 (12), pp. 1767-1799. ISSN 0886-2605.
- Glasscoe, Claire and Smith, Jonathan A. (2008) Through a mother's lens: a qualitative analysis reveals how temporal experience shifts when a boy born preterm has cystic fibrosis. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 13 (4), pp. 609-626. ISSN 1359-1045.
- Smith, Jonathan A. and Osborn, M. (2008) The fearfulness of chronic pain and the centrality of the therapeutic relationship in containing it: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Qualitative Research in Psychology 5 (4), pp. 276-288. ISSN 1478-0887.
- King, N. and Finlay, L. and Ashworth, P. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Langdridge, D. and Butt, T. (2008) Can't really trust that, so what can I trust: a polyvocal, qualitative analysis of the psychology of mistrust. Qualitative Research in Psychology 5 (2), pp. 80-102. ISSN 1478-0887.
- Brewer, H.M. and Eatough, Virginia and Smith, Jonathan A. and Stanley, C. and Glendinning, N.W. and Quarrell, O. (2008) The impact of juvenile Huntington's disease on the family - the case of a rare childhood condition. Journal of Health Psychology 13 (1), pp. 5-16. ISSN 1359-1053.
- Dallos, R. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2008) Practice as research and research as practice: how the qualitative case study can invigorate clinical psychology. Clinical Psychology Forum (182), pp. 18-22. ISSN 0969-5893.
- de Visser, R.O. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2007) Young men's ambivalence toward alcohol. Social Science & Medicine 64 (2), pp. 350 - 362. ISSN 0277-9536.
- Brewer, H. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Eatough, V. and Stanley, C. and Glendinning, N. and Quarrell, O. (2007) Caring for a child with juvenile huntington's disease: helpful and unhelpful support. Journal of Child Health Care 11 (1), pp. 40-52. ISSN 1367-4935.
- Brewer, H.M. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Eatough, Virginia and Stanley, C.A. and Glendinning, N.W. and Quarrell, O.W.J. (2007) Caring for a child with juvenile Huntington’s Disease: helpful and unhelpful support. Journal of Child Health Care 11 (1), pp. 40-52. ISSN 1367-4935.
- Dixon-Woods, M. and Sutton, A. and Shaw, R. and Miller, T. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Young, B. and Bonas, S. and Booth, A. and Jones, D. (2007) Appraising qualitative research for inclusion in systematic reviews: a quantitative and qualitative comparison of three methods. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy 12 (1), pp. 42-47. ISSN 1355-8196.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (2007) Hermeneutics, human sciences and health: linking theory and practice. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being 2 (1), pp. 3-11. ISSN 1748-2631.
- Smith, Jonathan A. and Osborn, M. (2007) Pain as an assault on the self: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the psychological impact of chronic benign low back pain. Psychology and Health 22 (5), pp. 517-534. ISSN 0887-0446.
- de Visser, R. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2007) Alcohol consumption and masculine identity among young men. Psychology and Health 22 (5), pp. 595-614. ISSN 0887-0446.
- Eatough, Virginia and Smith, Jonathan A. (2006) I was like a wild wild person: understanding feelings of anger using interpretative phenomenological analysis. British Journal of Psychology 97, pp. 483-498. ISSN 0007-1269.
- Dixon Woods, M. and Bonas, S. and Booth, A. and Jones, D. and Miller, T. and Shaw, R. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Sutton, A. and Young, B. (2006) How can systematic reviews incorporate qualitative research? a critical perspective. Qualitative Research 6 (1), pp. 27-44. ISSN 1468-7941.
- Midgley, N. and Target, M. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2006) The outcome of child psychoanalysis from the patient's point of view: a qualitative analysis of a long-term follow-up study. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice 79 (2), pp. 257-269. ISSN 1476-0835.
- Osborn, M. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2006) Living with a body separate from the self. the experience of the body in chronic benign low back pain: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 20 (2), pp. 216-222. ISSN 0283-9318.
- Smith, Jonathan A. and Brewer, H.M. and Eatough, Virginia and Stanley, C.A. and Glendinning, N.W. and Quarrell, O.W.J. (2006) The personal experience of juvenile Huntington's disease: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of parents' accounts of the primary features of a rare genetic condition. Clinical Genetics 69 (6), pp. 486-496. ISSN 0009-9163.
- de Visser, R. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2006) Mister in between: a case study of masculine identity and health-related behaviour. Journal of Health Psychology 11 (5), pp. 685-695. ISSN 1359-1053.
- Eatough, Virginia and Smith, Jonathan A. (2005) I feel like a scrambled egg in my head: an idiographic case study of meaning making and anger using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice 78, pp. 1-24. ISSN 1476-0835.
- Dean, S. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Weinman, J. and Payne, S. (2005) Managing time: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of patients' and physiotherapists' perceptions of adherence to therapeutic exercise for low back pain. Disability and Rehabilitation 27 (11), pp. 625-636. ISSN 0963-8288.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (2005) Commentaries on Potter and Hepburn, 'qualitative interviews in psychology: problems and possibilities'. Qualitative Research in Psychology 2 (4), pp. 309-311. ISSN 1478-0887.
- Dixon-Woods, M. and Shaw, R.L. and Agarwal, S. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2004) The problem of appraising qualitative research. Quality and Safety in Healthcare 13 (3), pp. 223-225. ISSN 2044-5415.
- Hunt, D. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2004) The personal experience of carers of stroke survivors: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Disability and Rehabilitation 26 (16), pp. 1000-1011. ISSN 0963-8288.
- Michie, S. and Hendy, J. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Adshead, F. (2004) Evidence into practice: a theory based study of achieving national health targets in primary care. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 10 (3), pp. 447-456. ISSN 1365-2753.
- Shaw, R.L. and Booth, A. and Sutton, A.J. and Miller, T. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Young, B. and Jones, D.R. and Dixon-Woods, M. (2004) Finding qualitative research: an evaluation of search strategies. BMC Medical Research Methodology 4 (5), ISSN 1471-2288.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (2004) Reflecting on the development of interpretative phenomenological analysis and its contribution to qualitative research in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology 1 (1), pp. 39-54. ISSN 1478-0887.
- Michie, S. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Senior, S. and Marteau, T. (2003) Understanding why negative genetic test results sometimes fail to reassure. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A 119A (3), pp. 340-347. ISSN 1552-4833.
- Raval, H. and Smith, Jonathan J. (2003) Therapists' experiences of working with language interpreters. International Journal of Mental Health 32 (2), pp. 6-31. ISSN 0020-7411.
- Smith, Jonathan A. and Michie, S. and Stephenson, M. and Quarrell, O. (2002) Risk perception and decision-making processes in candidates for the genetic test for Huntington's Disease: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Journal of Health Psychology 7 (2), pp. 131-144. ISSN 1359-1053.
- Chapman, E. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2002) Interpretative phenomenological analysis and the new genetics. Journal of Health Psychology 7 (2), pp. 125-130. ISSN 1359-1053.
- Senior, V. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Michie, S. and Marteau, T. (2002) Making sense of risk: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of vulnerability to heart disease. Journal of Health Psychology 7 (2), pp. 157-168. ISSN 1359-1053.
- Smith, Jonathan A. and Michie, S. and Stephenson, M. and Quarrell, O. (2002) Risk perception and decision-making processes in candidates for genetic testing for Huntington’s Disease: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Journal of Health Psychology 7 (2), pp. 131-144. ISSN 1359-1053.
- Thompson, A. and Kent, G. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2002) Living with vitiligo: dealing with difference. British Journal of Health Psychology 7 (2), pp. 213-225. ISSN 1359-107X.
- Rees, A. and Hardy, G. and Barkham, M. and Elliott, R. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Reynolds, S. (2001) 'It's like catching a desire before it flies away': a comprehensive process analysis of a problem clarification event in cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression. Psychotherapy Research 11 (3), pp. 331-351. ISSN 1050-3307.
- Baillie, C. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Hewison, J. and Mason, G. (2000) Ultrasound screening for chromosomal abnormality: women's reactions to false positive results. British Journal of Health Psychology 5 (4), pp. 377-394. ISSN 1359-107X.
- Smith, Jonathan A. and Michie, S. and Allanson, A. and Elwy, R. (2000) Certainty and uncertainty in genetic counselling: a qualitative case study. Psychology & Health 15 (1), pp. 1-12. ISSN 0887-0446.
- Macran, S. and Stiles, W. and Smith, Jonathan A. (1999) How does personal therapy affect therapists' practice?. Journal of Counselling Psychology 46 (4), pp. 419-431. ISSN 0022-0167.
- Michie, S. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Heaversedge, J. and Read, S. (1999) Genetic counseling: clinical geneticists' views. Journal of Genetic Counseling 8 (5), pp. 275-287. ISSN 1059-7700.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (1999) Identity development during the transition to motherhood: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 17 (3), pp. 281-300. ISSN 0264-6838.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (1999) Towards a relational self: social engagement during pregnancy and psychological preparation for motherhood. British Journal of Social Psychology 38 (4), pp. 409-426. ISSN 0144-6665.
- Flowers, P. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Sheeran, P. and Beail, N. (1998) 'Coming out' and sexual debut: understanding the social context of HIV risk-related behaviour. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology 8 (6), pp. 409-421. ISSN 1052-9284.
- Osborn, M. and Smith, Jonathan A. (1998) The personal experience of chronic benign lower back pain: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. British Journal of Health Psychology 3 (1), pp. 65-83. ISSN 1359-107X.
- Davidson, J. and Smith, Jonathan A. (1997) A case study of 'newer practices' in music education at conservatoire level. British Journal of Music Education 14 (3), pp. 251-269. ISSN 0265-0517.
- Flowers, P. and Sheeran, P. and Beail, N. and Smith, Jonathan A. (1997) The role of psychosocial factors in HIV risk-reduction among gay and bisexual men: a quantitative review. Psychology & Health 12 (1), pp. 197-230. ISSN 0887-0446.
- Flowers, P. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Sheeran, P. and Beail, N. (1997) Health and romance: understanding unprotected sex in relationships between gay men. British Journal of Health Psychology 2 (1), pp. 73-86. ISSN 1359-107X.
- Jarman, M. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Walsh, S. (1997) The psychological battle for control: a qualitative study of healthcare professionals' understandings of the treatment of anorexia nervosa. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology 7 (2), pp. 137-152. ISSN 1052-9284.
- Turpin, G. and Barley, V. and Beail, N. and Scaife, J. and Slade, P. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Walsh, S. (1997) Standards for research projects and theses involving qualitative methods: suggested guidelines for trainees and courses. Clinical Psychology Forum 108, pp. 3-7. ISSN 1747-5732.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (1996) Beyond the divide between cognition and discourse: using interpretative phenomenological analysis in health psychology. Psychology & Health 11 (2), pp. 261-271. ISSN 0887-0446.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (1996) Qualitative methodology: analysing participants' perspectives. Current Opinion in Psychiatry 9 (6), pp. 417-421. ISSN 0951-7367.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (1995) Qualitative methods, identity and transition to motherhood. The Psychologist 8, pp. 122-125. ISSN 0952-8229.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (1994) Reconstructing selves: an analysis of discrepancies between women’s contemporaneous and retrospective accounts of the transition to motherhood. British Journal of Psychology 85 (3), pp. 371-392. ISSN 0007-1269.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (1994) Towards reflexive practice: engaging participants as co-researchers or co-analysts in psychological inquiry. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology 4 (4), pp. 253-260. ISSN 1052-9284.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (1991) Conceiving selves: a case study of changing identities during the transition to motherhood. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 10 (4), pp. 225-243. ISSN 0261-927X.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (1990) Transforming identities: a repertory grid case study of the transition to motherhood. British Journal of Medical Psychology 63 (3), pp. 239-253. ISSN 2044-8341.
- Perring, C. and Oatley, K. and Smith, Jonathan A. (1988) Psychiatric symptoms and conflict among personal plans. British Journal of Medical Psychology 61 (2), pp. 167-177. ISSN 2044-8341.
Book
- Smith, Jonathan A., ed. (2016) Qualitative psychology: a practical guide to research methods. London, UK: Sage. ISBN 9781446298466.
- Breakwell, G. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Wright, D., eds. (2012) Research methods in psychology. London, UK: Sage. ISBN 9780857022646.
- Smith, Jonathan A. and Flowers, P. and Larkin, M. (2009) Interpretative phenomenological analysis: theory, method and research. London, UK: Sage. ISBN 9781412908337.
Book Section
- Eatough, Virginia and Smith, Jonathan A. (2017) Interpretative phenomenological analysis. In: Willig, C. and Stainton-Rogers, W. (eds.) Handbook of Qualitative Psychology 2nd Edition. London, UK: Sage. pp. 193-211. ISBN 9781473925212.
- Smith, Jonathan A. and Osborn, M. (2015) Interpretative phenomenological analysis. In: Smith, Jonathan A. (ed.) Qualitative Psychology: A Practical Guide to Research Methods. Research Methods In Psychology. London, UK: Sage. ISBN 9781446298466.
- Smith, Jonathan A. and Osborn, M. (2015) Introduction. In: Smith, Jonathan A. (ed.) Qualitative Psychology: A Practical Guide to Research Methods (Third Edition). Research Methods In Psychology. London, UK: Sage. ISBN 9781446298466.
- Eatough, Virginia (2012) An introduction to qualitative research. In: Breakwell, G.M. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Wright, D.B. (eds.) Research Methods in Psychology. London, UK: Sage. pp. 321-343. ISBN 9780857022646.
- Smith, Jonathan A. and Eatough, Virginia (2012) Interpretative phenomenological analysis. In: Breakwell, G.M. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Wright, D.B. (eds.) Research Methods in Psychology. London, UK: Sage. pp. 439-461. ISBN 9780857022639.
- Smith, Jonathan A. and Shinebourne, P. (2012) Interpretative phenomenological analysis. In: Cooper, H. (ed.) APA Handbook of Research Methods in Psychology. Washington DC, USA: American Psychological Association. ISBN 9781433810039.
- Willig, C. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2012) A conversation with Professor Jonathan Smith. In: Willig, C. (ed.) Qualitative Interpretation and Analysis in Psychology. Maidenhead, UK: Open University Press. ISBN 9780335241415.
- Smith, Jonathan A. and Eatough, Virginia (2008) Interpretative phenomenological analysis. In: Willig, C. and Stainton Rogers, W. (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research in Psychology. Research Methods in Psychology. London, UK: Sage. pp. 179-194. ISBN 9781412907804.
- Eatough, Virginia and Smith, Jonathan A. (2007) Making sense of anger: a case study using interpretative phenomenological analysis. In: Coyle, A. and Lyons, E. (eds.) Analysing Qualitative Data in Psychology: A Practical & Comparative Guide. London, UK: Sage. pp. 205-215. ISBN 9781446273753.
- Smith, Jonathan A. and Eatough, V. (2007) Interpretative phenomenological analysis. In: Lyons, E. and Coyle, A. (eds.) Analysing Qualitative Data in Psychology. London, UK: Sage. ISBN 9781446273753.
- Smith, Jonathan A. and Eatough, Virginia (2007) Interpretative phenomenological analysis. In: Coyle, A. and Lyons, E. (eds.) Analysing Qualitative Data in Psychology: A Practical & Comparative Guide. London, UK: Sage. pp. 35-50. ISBN 9781446273753.
- Dean, S. and Payne, S. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2006) Low back pain: exploring the meaning of exercise management through interpretative phenomenological analysis. In: Finlay, L. and Ballinger, C. (eds.) Qualitative Research for Allied Health Professionals: Challenging Choices. Wiley. ISBN 9780470033760.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (2003) Shifting identities: the negotiation of meanings between texts and between persons. In: Finlay, L. and Gough, B. (eds.) Reflexivity: A Practical Guide for Researchers in Health and Social Sciences. Wiley Blackwell. pp. 176-186. ISBN 9780632064144.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (2003) Validity and qualitative psychology. In: Smith, Jonathan A. (ed.) Qualitative Psychology: A Practical Guide to Research Methods. Sage Publications. pp. 232-235. ISBN 9781446298466.
- Smith, Jonathan A. and Dunworth, F. (2003) Qualitative methods in the study of development. In: Connolly, K. and Valsiner, J. (eds.) The Handbook of Developmental Psychology. Sage Publications. pp. 603-621. ISBN 9780761962311.
- Smith, Jonathan A. and Osborn, M. (2003) Interpretative phenomenological analysis. In: Breakwell, Glynis M. (ed.) Doing Social Psychology. Oxford, UK: Blackwell. pp. 229-254. ISBN 9781405108126.
- Flowers, P. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Sheeran, P. and Beail, N. (2002) Health and romance: understanding unprotected sex in relationships among gay men. In: Marks, D. (ed.) The Health Psychology Reader. Sage Publications. pp. 218-234. ISBN 9780761972716.
- Smith, Jonathan A. and Jarman, M. and Osborn, M. (1999) Doing Interpretative phenomenological analysis. In: Murray, M. and Chamberlain, K. (eds.) Qualitative Health Psychology: Theories and Methods. Sage Publications. pp. 218-240. ISBN 9780761956617.
- Flowers, P. and Smith, Jonathan A. and Sheeran, P. and Beail, N. (1997) Identities and understanding gay men's sexual decision making. In: Aggleton, P. and Davies, P. and Hart, G. (eds.) AIDS: Activism and Alliances. Taylor & Francis. pp. 192-212. ISBN 9780203362570.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (1997) Developing theory from case-studies: self-reconstruction and the transition to motherhood. In: Hayes, N. (ed.) Doing Qualitative Analysis In Psychology. Taylor & Francis. pp. 187-199. ISBN 9780863777417.
- Smith, Jonathan A. and Flowers, P. and Osborn, M. (1997) Interpretative phenomenological analysis & health psychology. In: Yardley, L. (ed.) Material Discourses of Health and Illness. Abingdon: Routledge. pp. 68-91. ISBN 9780415138239.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (1996) Evolving issues for qualitative psychology. In: Richardson, J. (ed.) Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods. Leicester, UK: British Psychological Society. pp. 189-202. ISBN 9781854332042.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (1995) Idiography and the case study. In: Smith, Jonathan A. and Harre, R. and Van Langenhove, L. (eds.) Rethinking Methods in Psychology. Sage Publications. pp. 59-69. ISBN 9780803977334.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (1995) Introduction. In: Smith, Jonathan A. and Harre, R. and Van Langenhove, L. (eds.) Rethinking Methods in Psychology. Sage Publications. pp. 1-9. ISBN 9780803977334.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (1995) Repertory grids: an interactive case study perspective. In: Smith, Jonathan A. and Harre, R. and Van Langenhove, L. (eds.) Rethinking Methods in Psychology. Sage Publications. pp. 162-177. ISBN 9780803977334.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (1995) Semi structured interviewing and qualitative analysis. In: Smith, Jonathan A. and Harre, R. and Van Langenhove, L. (eds.) Rethinking Methods in Psychology. Sage Publications. pp. 9-26. ISBN 9780803977334.
- Smith, Jonathan A. (1993) The case study. In: Bayne, R. and Nicolson, P. (eds.) Counselling and Psychology for the Health Professionals. London, UK: Chapman Hall. pp. 249-266. ISBN 9780412411403.
Conference Item
- Dancyger, Caroline and Wallace, M. and Jacobs, C. and Michie, S. and Smith, Jonathan A. (2008) Exploring family communication after receiving BRCA1/2 results. British Psychosocial Oncology Society Conference, 2008, Leeds, UK
Editorial
- Smith, Jonathan A. and Eatough, V. (2018) Looking forward: conceptual and methodological developments in interpretative phenomenological analysis. Qualitative Research in Psychology 16 (2), pp. 163-165. Taylor & Francis. ISSN 1478-0887.

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