title: Integrating Emotions Into the Critical Interpretive Synthesis.
abstract: Critical interpretive synthesis is a particular form of systematic review that critically examines the decisions made by authors while conducting and publishing about their research and practices. It differs from empirical syntheses of qualitative research by emphasizing the interpreted and constructed nature of this form of secondary analysis. In this article, we extend previous literature on critical interpretive syntheses by highlighting the integration of emotional responses when developing critical questions for interrogating the literature and interpreting results. Our extension of the critical interpretive synthesis is illustrated through examples from five studies examining literature in our own field of music therapy, as well as related fields of disability studies, mental health, music psychology, and child welfare. The methodology we have refined uses an iterative and recursive method that promotes increased critical awareness of the assumptions driving the production of research in health contexts.
authors.affiliation: The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia k.mcferran@unimelb.edu.au.
authors.forename: Katrina Skewes
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: McFerran
authors.affiliation: The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Cherry
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hense
authors.affiliation: The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Medcalf
authors.affiliation: The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.affiliation: The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fairchild
mesh_terms: D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009147:Music Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012107:Research Design; D012196:Review Literature as Topic
keywords: Australia; critical interpretive synthesis; emotions; music therapy; narrative synthesis; systematic review