'They brought my smile back': A phenomenological description of widows’ experiences of psychosocial support
| Autor: | Anna Elizabeth Van der Wath, Gopolang Lenah Sekgobela, Mmapheko Doriccah Peu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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050103 clinical psychology
media_common.quotation_subject Emotions Face (sociological concept) complex mixtures 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Meaning (existential) media_common Disappointment 05 social sciences Psychosocial Support Systems Widowhood social sciences Psychosocial support humanities 030227 psychiatry Clinical Psychology Feeling behavior and behavior mechanisms Happiness population characteristics Female medicine.symptom Psychology Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | Death Studies. 45:603-612 |
| ISSN: | 1091-7683 0748-1187 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/07481187.2019.1671542 |
| Popis: | The consequences of widowhood can be overwhelming. Widows sometimes experience difficulties to obtain psychosocial support to overcome the challenges they face. In this phenomenological study, purposively selected widows were asked about their experiences of widowhood in terms of different sources of support. The analysis illuminated the meaning widows attach to different sources of psychosocial support. Participants experienced both positive and negative encounters with their sources of support. During negative encounters, widows experienced feelings of disappointment; and when their psychosocial support needs were met, they experienced a sense of happiness and a positive level of satisfaction. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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