The Phenomenology & IPA Template Kit: 58 Fillable Templates (US Letter + A4)

For the phenomenology or IPA researcher: bracketing, interviews, experiential statements, themes and a write-up that shows your interpretive work.

Every phenomenology and IPA template from the workbook, ready to type into: bracketing, interviews, experiential statements, themes and your write-up.

WHAT YOU GET

- 58 fillable templates in one fillable PDF (64 pages in US Letter, 63 in A4, 890 fillable fields)

- US Letter and A4 versions, both included

- Type into the boxes and save, or print and write by hand

- A clickable template map with a Done box for every template, and bookmarks

WHAT'S INSIDE

- 1.1 Is This a Phenomenological Study? Diagnostic

- 1.2 Descriptive vs. Interpretive Decision Sheet

- 1.3 Phenomenological Approach Selector

- 1.4 Philosophy-to-Method Alignment Check

- 1.5 Phenomenology Vocabulary Decoder

- 2.1 Phenomenological RQ Builder

- 2.2 Phenomenon Definition & Boundary Sheet

- 2.3 Homogeneous Sampling Plan (Idiographic)

- 2.4 Sample-Size Rationale (Phenomenology)

- 2.5 Sensitive-Topic Ethics & Care Plan

- 3.1 Epoché / Bracketing Journal Pages

- 3.2 Assumptions & Pre-Understandings Inventory

- 3.3 Bracketing-by-Approach Guide

- 3.4 Ongoing Bracketing Log

- 4.1 Phenomenological Interview Guide Builder

- 4.2 Concrete-Description Probe Card

- 4.3 Lived-Experience Account Capture

- 4.4 Interview Reflexivity Note

- 5.1 Immersion & Whole-Reading Log

- 5.2 Initial Noting / Exploratory Comments Sheet (IPA)

- 5.3 First-Impression Memo

- 5.4 Listening / Re-reading Reflexivity Note

- 6.1 Significant-Statement Extraction Sheets

- 6.2 Horizonalization Worksheet (Moustakas)

- 6.3 Meaning-Unit Delineation Sheet (Giorgi)

- 6.4 Formulated-Meaning Worksheet (Colaizzi)

- 6.5 Experiential-Statement Sheet (IPA)

- 7.1 Meaning-Unit to Emergent-Theme Tables

- 7.2 Theme Formulation Worksheet

- 7.3 Theme-Grounding Check

- 7.4 Theme Definition Sheet

- 8.1 Superordinate-Theme Clustering Grid

- 8.2 Idiographic Case-by-Case Tracker (IPA)

- 8.3 Cross-Case Pattern Table / Group Experiential Themes

- 8.4 Theme-Cluster Map (Descriptive)

- 8.5 Convergence & Divergence Sheet

- 9.1 Textural & Structural Description Builders

- 9.2 Individual Textural Description Sheet

- 9.3 Imaginative Variation Worksheet

- 9.4 Composite Textural–Structural Synthesis

- 10.1 Lifeworld-Existentials Prompt Sheet

- 10.2 Existential Reflection Worksheet

- 10.3 Hermeneutic-Circle Tracker

- 10.4 Phenomenological Writing-as-Inquiry Sheet

- 11.1 Essence Synthesis Canvas

- 11.2 Essential-Structure Statement Builder (Giorgi)

- 11.3 Essence-Grounding Audit

- 11.4 “Essence vs. Summary” Test

- 12.1 Reflexive Audit-Trail Log

- 12.2 Phenomenological Quality-Criteria Self-Audit

- 12.3 Bracketing-Effectiveness Reflection

- 12.4 Coherence & Philosophy–Method Fit Check

- 13.1 Phenomenology Findings Presentation Planner

- 13.2 Methods Section Builder (Phenomenology)

- 13.3 Verbatim-Extract Selection Sheet

- 13.4 Reporting-Standard Checklist (COREQ / SRQR)

- 13.5 Viva/Committee Question Anticipator (Phenomenology-Specific)

- 13.6 Journal/Outlet Selector for Phenomenology

EVERY TEMPLATE PAGE GIVES YOU

- Its purpose and how long it takes

- Short steps on how to fill it in

- Fillable boxes sized for real answers

- The output it produces

- A supervisor sign-off line

- Where to find the completed example in the workbook

HOW TO USE IT

- Open the PDF in a free PDF reader app that supports fillable forms (Adobe Acrobat Reader is free and works best). Some phone and browser viewers do not save typed answers.

- Click a box and type. Save often: your answers stay in the file.

THE KIT AND THE WORKBOOK

The kit gives you the tools. The Phenomenology & IPA Research Workbook teaches the method: it explains every template and shows a completed example of each one. If this is your first time, start with the workbook: https://www.gradsummit.com/workbooks/phenomenology-ipa-research-workbook/

LICENCE

For the buyer's own use. Every page is stamped with the buyer's email and the purchase date. Please do not share or resell the files. For a class or research group, ask about a group licence.

By Rafiq Muhammad, MD, MIHMEP, PhD. The templates were drafted with the help of AI tools and written, checked and laid out by the author.