Turning Points and Protective Processes in the Lives of People With Chronic Disabilities
Autor: | Gillian King, Lisa Havens, Jacqueline Specht, Linda K. Smith, Elizabeth Brown, Tamzin Cathers, Colleen Willoughby, Elizabeth MacKinnon, Janice M. Polgar |
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Rok vydání: | 2003 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male Canada 030506 rehabilitation Service delivery framework media_common.quotation_subject Personal Satisfaction Life Change Events 03 medical and health sciences Social support 0302 clinical medicine Adaptation Psychological Humans Disabled Persons Meaning (existential) Adaptation (computer science) Qualitative Research media_common Self Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged 030227 psychiatry Chronic Disease Female Psychological resilience 0305 other medical science Psychology Social psychology Qualitative research |
Zdroj: | Qualitative Health Research. 13:184-206 |
ISSN: | 1552-7557 1049-7323 |
Popis: | In this qualitative study, the authors examined the nature of resilience in people with chronic disabilities. Fifteen people with disabilities identified the factors that helped or hindered them at major turning points, and the triggers and resolutions to these turning points. Turning points were emotionally compelling experiences and realizations that involved meaning acquired through the routes of belonging, doing, or understanding the self or the world. The major protective factors were social support, traits such as perseverance and determination, and spiritual beliefs. Three new protective processes were identified: replacing a loss with a gain (transcending), recognizing new things about oneself (self-understanding), and making decisions about relinquishing something in life (accommodating). These protective factors, processes, and ways in which people with disabilities draw sense and meaning in life have important implications for service delivery. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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