Laurene Sheilds
Biographic Data
| ID | 144125 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laurene Sheilds |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laurene |
| FAMILY NAME | Sheilds |
| SIGNATURE | SHEILDS L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Holding Secrets While Living With Life-Threatening Illness: Normalizing Patients' Decisions to Reveal or Conceal
Communicating openly and directly about illness comes easily for some patients, whereas for others fear of disclosure keeps them silent. In this article, we discuss findings about the role of keeping secrets regarding health and illness. These findings were part of a larger project on how people with life-threatening illnesses re-story their lives. A narrative approach drawing on Frank's dialogical narrative analysis and Riesman's inductive appro…
Narrative Research Evolving: Evolving Through Narrative Research
Narrative research methodology is evolving, and we contend that the notion of emergent design is vital if narrative inquiry (NI) is to continue flourishing in generating new knowledge. We situate the discussion within the narrative turn in qualitative research while drawing on experiences of conducting a longitudinal narrative study. The philosophical tensions encountered are described, as our understanding and application of narrative approaches…
Storylines of Aging With HIV: Shifts Toward Sense Making
Aging with HIV is a new phenomenon. It is expected that by 2015, approximately half of adults living with HIV in the United States will be age 50 and older. We used narrative inquiry to explore how older adults with HIV storied their experience and made sense of aging. Over a 3.5-year period, we interviewed 5 older adults living with HIV for 13 to 24 years. In analyzing the coconstructed stories, we identify six storylines that enhance understand…
Stories of African HIV+ Women Living in Poverty
In this study researchers explored the daily experiences of HIV+ women living in Kibera, Kenya. Using a convergence of narrative, feminist, and indigenous approaches, we engaged in individual in-depth interviews with nine HIV+ women. Interpretive storylines include the following: Being an African woman; If I sit there, that 10 bob won't come; If I die, who will take care of my children?; I am stigma; They just come to you; Being up, feeling down,…
Women's Experiences of the Meaning of Empowerment
The purpose of this exploratory study is to understand and develop the concept of empowerment from a theoretical and a practical perspective with a particular focus on women's perception of the meaning of empowerment in their lives. The 15 study participants consisted of women aged 21 to 71 who self-identified with the concept of empowerment in response to a recruitment flyer. The women participated in semistructured in-depth interviews with a fo…
Sex Differences in the “Depressed Affect” Factor among Selected University Students
The present study examined symptoms of depression among university students. On the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, 96 men and 138 women did not differ in over-all reporting of depressive symptoms, but women were significantly more prone to experience symptoms measured by a scale factor known as “depressed affect.”
Narrative Research Evolving: Evolving Through Narrative Research
Narrative research methodology is evolving, and we contend that the notion of emergent design is vital if narrative inquiry (NI) is to continue flourishing in generating new knowledge. We situate the discussion within the narrative turn in qualitative research while drawing on experiences of conducting a longitudinal narrative study. The philosophical tensions encountered are described, as our understanding and application of narrative approaches…
Storylines of Aging With HIV: Shifts Toward Sense Making
Aging with HIV is a new phenomenon. It is expected that by 2015, approximately half of adults living with HIV in the United States will be age 50 and older. We used narrative inquiry to explore how older adults with HIV storied their experience and made sense of aging. Over a 3.5-year period, we interviewed 5 older adults living with HIV for 13 to 24 years. In analyzing the coconstructed stories, we identify six storylines that enhance understand…
Holding Secrets While Living With Life-Threatening Illness: Normalizing Patients' Decisions to Reveal or Conceal
Communicating openly and directly about illness comes easily for some patients, whereas for others fear of disclosure keeps them silent. In this article, we discuss findings about the role of keeping secrets regarding health and illness. These findings were part of a larger project on how people with life-threatening illnesses re-story their lives. A narrative approach drawing on Frank's dialogical narrative analysis and Riesman's inductive appro…
Sex Differences in the “Depressed Affect” Factor among Selected University Students
The present study examined symptoms of depression among university students. On the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, 96 men and 138 women did not differ in over-all reporting of depressive symptoms, but women were significantly more prone to experience symptoms measured by a scale factor known as “depressed affect.”
Women's Experiences of the Meaning of Empowerment
The purpose of this exploratory study is to understand and develop the concept of empowerment from a theoretical and a practical perspective with a particular focus on women's perception of the meaning of empowerment in their lives. The 15 study participants consisted of women aged 21 to 71 who self-identified with the concept of empowerment in response to a recruitment flyer. The women participated in semistructured in-depth interviews with a fo…
Stories of African HIV+ Women Living in Poverty
In this study researchers explored the daily experiences of HIV+ women living in Kibera, Kenya. Using a convergence of narrative, feminist, and indigenous approaches, we engaged in individual in-depth interviews with nine HIV+ women. Interpretive storylines include the following: Being an African woman; If I sit there, that 10 bob won't come; If I die, who will take care of my children?; I am stigma; They just come to you; Being up, feeling down,…
Storylines of Aging With HIV: Shifts Toward Sense Making
Aging with HIV is a new phenomenon. It is expected that by 2015, approximately half of adults living with HIV in the United States will be age 50 and older. We used narrative inquiry to explore how older adults with HIV storied their experience and made sense of aging. Over a 3.5-year period, we interviewed 5 older adults living with HIV for 13 to 24 years. In analyzing the coconstructed stories, we identify six storylines that enhance understand…
Narrative Research Evolving: Evolving Through Narrative Research
Narrative research methodology is evolving, and we contend that the notion of emergent design is vital if narrative inquiry (NI) is to continue flourishing in generating new knowledge. We situate the discussion within the narrative turn in qualitative research while drawing on experiences of conducting a longitudinal narrative study. The philosophical tensions encountered are described, as our understanding and application of narrative approaches…
Holding Secrets While Living With Life-Threatening Illness: Normalizing Patients' Decisions to Reveal or Conceal
Communicating openly and directly about illness comes easily for some patients, whereas for others fear of disclosure keeps them silent. In this article, we discuss findings about the role of keeping secrets regarding health and illness. These findings were part of a larger project on how people with life-threatening illnesses re-story their lives. A narrative approach drawing on Frank's dialogical narrative analysis and Riesman's inductive appro…
Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Health Policy Implementation Science (2 works) · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses (2 works) · Participatory Visual Research Methods (2 works) · Political science (2 works)