A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Analysis of Aging with a Childhood Onset Disability

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15216774
AutoresTracie C Harrison (0000-0002-1348-4337, The University of Texas at Austin, autor de correspondencia), Alexa K Stuifbergen (0000-0003-1609-4040, The University of Texas at Austin), Alexa Stuifbergen
Año2005
Volumen26
Número8
Páginas731-747
Fecha de publicación2005-09-01
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHealth Care For Women International (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07399330500179689
PMID16234214
OpenAlexW2112741563
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas23

In this qualitative study, we combined multiple interviews, field notes, life history review charts, and demographic questions to explore the life course experiences of 25 women, ages 55 to 65 years, who developed impairments due to paralytic polio during childhood. Based on a hermeneutic phenomenological methodology using thematic analysis, multiple themes emerged that traced their lives from childhood to later adulthood. The women described how they pushed their bodies and dismissed their physical decline as long as possible. The women's early experiences combined with the culturally defined role expectations for women to influence their perceptions of how to react to changing physical abilities with age

Developmental psychology · Hermeneutic phenomenology · Interpretative phenomenological analysis · Lived experience · Perception · Poliomyelitis · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Aging and Gerontology Research · Medicine · Musicians’ Health and Performance · Psychology · Gerontology · Pediatrics