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"Y, what do you think about what X just said?” Conversation analysis of stance-eliciting questions in open dialogue network meetings

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  • Camilla Rossen
  • Karen Schriver
  • Christel Tarber, Konsulenthuset Clavis
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  • Dorthe Vedel Nordahl, Psychiatric Unit
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  • Grethe Thygesen Rasmussen, Psychiatric Unit
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  • Ben Ong, University of Sydney, Australia
  • Niels Buus

Open dialogue is a resource-oriented approach to mental health, which aims to help those involved in a crisis situation support each other and engage in dialogue. While language use in open dialogue is generally characterized as being open-ended, nondirective, and nonevaluating on the professionals' side, little is known about the specific conversational features. The aim of this study was to analyze the interactional functions of a stance-eliciting question of the form: “Y, what do you think about what X just said?” We used conversation analysis (CA) to examine this in eight video-recorded Danish open dialogue network meetings. In CA, stance involves expressions of attitude, affect, or judgments about people or events. We describe the interactional functions of these stance-eliciting questions and discuss how clinicians used them as a tool for accomplishing neutrality. The findings can be used to gain a more nuanced understanding of open dialogue psychotherapeutic practices.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Marital and Family Therapy
Volume46
Issue4
Pages (from-to)719-731
Number of pages13
ISSN0194-472X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2020

    Research areas

  • CIRCULARITY, DISCOURSE ANALYSIS, NEUTRALITY, RESISTANCE, THERAPY

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