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Doing Worry as Emotion Work in the Care of Children With Diabetes

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15736652
AutoresLisa Watt (0000-0002-3231-4093, McMaster University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen4
Páginas2333393617743638-2333393617743638
Fecha de publicación2017-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGlobal Qualitative Nursing Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2333-3936 • E-ISSN: 2333-3936
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/2333393617743638
PMID29242810
OpenAlexW2773785897
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas29

Research on parents' caregiving experiences in the context of diabetes management have consistently shown that parents experience high levels of pediatric parenting stress, anxiety, depression, and general worry. However, how parents understand their worry is largely unexplored and little attention is paid to the work parents are already actively doing to manage their worry. Adopting Arlie Hochschild's concept of "emotion work" and Dorothy Smith's concept of "work," this article examines how parents engage in the emotion work of doing worry. Drawing on the analysis of transcribed data from interviews with seven parents caring for children with diabetes, I show how parents expressed worry as an emotion they experience as well as an embodied way of knowing the presence of potential threats to their child's health. Thus, doing worry is an essential aspect of work done by parents to ensure the safety and well-being of their children with diabetes

Anxiety · Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Psychiatry · Work (physics · Worry · Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare · Clinical Psychology · Family and Disability Support Research · Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units · Psychology · Social Psychology