Enhancing Description and Interpretation of Qualitative Interviews with People with Intellectual Disabilities through Nonverbal and Paraverbal Data Collection and Analysis
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| Title: | Enhancing Description and Interpretation of Qualitative Interviews with People with Intellectual Disabilities through Nonverbal and Paraverbal Data Collection and Analysis |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Lynette Harper (ORCID |
| Source: | Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. 2026 39(1). |
| Availability: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 13 |
| Publication Date: | 2026 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Intellectual Disability, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Translation, Nonverbal Communication, Confidentiality, Coding, Accuracy |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jar.70183 |
| ISSN: | 1360-2322 1468-3148 |
| Abstract: | Background: Qualitative research involving interviews typically includes transcribing verbal data. However, insights about meaning can also be ascertained from nonverbal and paraverbal communications. Transcribing nonverbal data allows researchers to include and analyze this additional data whilst ensuring participants' confidentiality. Methods: Six participants with intellectual disabilities were interviewed using Talking Mats as a communication tool to support data collection. The verbal, nonverbal, and paraverbal data were transcribed using a notation system and analysed using triangulation. Findings: Most of the nonverbal communications corroborated the spoken word; however, nonverbal and paraverbal communication also captured additional information, which added depth, shared understanding, and expanded the insights into the research process or refuted the spoken word, which in turn provided new insights. Conclusions: This paper presents a method to analyse verbal, nonverbal and paraverbal data to provide depth and new or more accurate meaning and highlights benefits of including nonverbal communication in research. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1497679 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Background: Qualitative research involving interviews typically includes transcribing verbal data. However, insights about meaning can also be ascertained from nonverbal and paraverbal communications. Transcribing nonverbal data allows researchers to include and analyze this additional data whilst ensuring participants' confidentiality. Methods: Six participants with intellectual disabilities were interviewed using Talking Mats as a communication tool to support data collection. The verbal, nonverbal, and paraverbal data were transcribed using a notation system and analysed using triangulation. Findings: Most of the nonverbal communications corroborated the spoken word; however, nonverbal and paraverbal communication also captured additional information, which added depth, shared understanding, and expanded the insights into the research process or refuted the spoken word, which in turn provided new insights. Conclusions: This paper presents a method to analyse verbal, nonverbal and paraverbal data to provide depth and new or more accurate meaning and highlights benefits of including nonverbal communication in research. |
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| ISSN: | 1360-2322 1468-3148 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jar.70183 |
