Neither 'foolish' nor 'finished
Identity control among older adults with HIV in rural Malawi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2249233 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emily Freeman (0000-0001-9396-1350, Department of Social Policy London School of Economics and Political Science London UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 711-725 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9566.12531 |
| PMID | 28012191 |
| OpenAlex | W2538003188 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 32 |
Prevalence of HIV after age 50 is considerable, especially in southern Africa. Negative social constructions of HIV in older age, and the health consequences of ageing with the virus, mean that having HIV presents a challenge for many people's roles and social memberships, threatening to disrupt their sense of self. Using constructivist grounded theory and qualitative data from rural Malawi, this paper describes how older men and women deal with these identity challenges. Drawing on a symbolic interactionist framework, it uses identity control theory to explore how the study's participants presented their post-diagnosis behaviours in ways that maintained their most significant pre-diagnosis identities as 'adults', a label they gave to the core identity of being a person who belongs in the social world. Considering the processes through which older people with HIV navigated challenges to their identities in light of the intersectional influences of HIV and age-related stigma and illness, provides insight into how older people might experience HIV, as well as informing theoretical understandings of identity formation and maintenance in light of chronic and/or stigmatising illness more broadly
Developmental psychology · Family medicine · Grounded theory · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Identity (music · Psychiatry · Psychology of self · Qualitative research · Social constructivism · Social group · Social identity approach · Social identity theory · Social science · Sociology · Stigma (botany · Symbolic interactionism · Gender Studies · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology
“You're Awfully Old to Have This Disease”
Caring, Control, and Clinicians' Influence
Symbolic Interactionism
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
Common elements in self-management of HIV and other chronic illnesses
Possible selves
Identity Control Theory
Identity Control Theory
Older people living with HIV in Uganda
Identities and Social Structure
Identity Theory and Social Identity Theory
Bridging Identities
Identity Change
Interpersonal Networks and Social Categories
Negative Emotion and Coping Responses within Identity Control Theory
Sex in older age in rural Malawi
The Incorporation of the HIV/Aids Identity Into the Self Over Time
Identity Processes and Social Stress
The transition to living with HIV as a chronic condition in rural Uganda
Understanding HIV-related stigma in older age in rural Malawi
The Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project 2004-06
HIV and identity
Chronic illness as biographical disruption
Living Positively
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |