Jacquelyn Benson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4419646 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jacquelyn Benson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jacquelyn |
| FAMILY NAME | Benson |
| SIGNATURE | BENSON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Missouri |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8428-508X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Rural Missourians’ perspectives on pain: I like to be in control of my life
This study examined rural Missourians' conceptualization of pain and their attitudes toward pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management strategies. The study sample consisted of twenty-five (N = 25) community-dwelling adults residing in rural Missouri counties. Researchers conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews and applied thematic analysis techniques to interpret the data. Results indicated that participants often viewed pa…
From Pain To Purpose: Do Former Cancer Family Caregivers Benefit From Providing Online Peer Support
A qualitative exploration of factors influencing healthcare utilization among rural Missourians: “We have to be bleeding, broken”
Researchers performed a hybrid inductive-deductive thematic analysis of 25 individual interviews to explore factors influencing healthcare utilization in rural Missouri. Data indicated that a desire for self-sufficiency, preference for natural interventions, and poor perception of rural healthcare quality may deter healthcare utilization. Influential subjective norms included respect for toughness and resilience, conservative approach to healthca…
Toward a conceptual model for successful transgender aging
Transgender older adults have been subject to life-long stigma and marginalization, resulting in significant social and health consequences. Despite these challenges, this population commonly reports thriving in later life. In order to attend to nuanced experiences of older transgender adults, theoretical models of successful aging must reflect complexities presented by gender minority status. In order to address theoretical gaps, a systematic qu…
Opportunities and Challenges for Visual Qualitative Intervention Research on Facebook
Emerging Ideas. Advancing Family Science Through Public Scholarship: Fostering Community Relationships and Engaging in Broader Impacts
Objective To increase the awareness and support for family scientists' engagement in public scholarship. Background Without appropriate dissemination efforts, important research findings may remain solely in academic journals without reaching the public. Grounded in a social justice perspective, we argue that family scientists are, and should be, on the frontlines of direct social change and activities related to broader impacts. Method In this c…
Best Practices in Family Life Education Programming for Midlife and Older Adults
Due to dramatic changes in the U.S. population's aging demographic, family life educators have begun offering more programming for midlife and older adults. This shift began in the early 1990s, after several family scholars and practicing professionals urged the National Council of Family Relations to revise its Framework for Life Span Family Life Education to include “later adulthood” as a fourth age‐group categorization. Since this revision, fa…
Older Adults Developing a Preference for Living Apart Together
What is understood about late life partner relationships is largely based on long-term marriage, with little attention given to understanding the process of forming new partnerships in older adulthood. However, marked growth in cohabitation and greater awareness of living apart together (LAT) suggests a need for further investigation. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to explore how decisions about LAT are made among later-life men an…
Role Ambiguity Among Women Providing Care for Ex-Husbands
Twenty-one women were interviewed regarding their caregiving experiences for ill or dying ex-husbands. Emergent in the analyses was the variety of ways in which they experienced role ambiguity as ex-wife caregivers. This article describes the role ambiguity ex-wife caregivers encountered interpersonally through interactions with network members, institutionally in dealing with professionals and the workplace, and intrapersonally in confusion over…
Older Homebound Women: Negotiating Reliance on a Cane or Walker
Canes and walkers are commonly characterized as assistive devices that serve the same purpose: as walking aides. These general views were reappraised and tempered in this descriptive phenomenological study with 40 older women (aged 85 to 98 years) who were unable to leave their homes without help. The purpose was to describe the phenomena of negotiating reliance on canes and walkers as walking devices and the lifeworld context underlying each phe…
Older Adults Developing a Preference for Living Apart Together
What is understood about late life partner relationships is largely based on long-term marriage, with little attention given to understanding the process of forming new partnerships in older adulthood. However, marked growth in cohabitation and greater awareness of living apart together (LAT) suggests a need for further investigation. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to explore how decisions about LAT are made among later-life men an…
Opportunities and Challenges for Visual Qualitative Intervention Research on Facebook
Older Homebound Women: Negotiating Reliance on a Cane or Walker
Canes and walkers are commonly characterized as assistive devices that serve the same purpose: as walking aides. These general views were reappraised and tempered in this descriptive phenomenological study with 40 older women (aged 85 to 98 years) who were unable to leave their homes without help. The purpose was to describe the phenomena of negotiating reliance on canes and walkers as walking devices and the lifeworld context underlying each phe…
Older Homebound Women: Negotiating Reliance on a Cane or Walker
Canes and walkers are commonly characterized as assistive devices that serve the same purpose: as walking aides. These general views were reappraised and tempered in this descriptive phenomenological study with 40 older women (aged 85 to 98 years) who were unable to leave their homes without help. The purpose was to describe the phenomena of negotiating reliance on canes and walkers as walking devices and the lifeworld context underlying each phe…
Role Ambiguity Among Women Providing Care for Ex-Husbands
Twenty-one women were interviewed regarding their caregiving experiences for ill or dying ex-husbands. Emergent in the analyses was the variety of ways in which they experienced role ambiguity as ex-wife caregivers. This article describes the role ambiguity ex-wife caregivers encountered interpersonally through interactions with network members, institutionally in dealing with professionals and the workplace, and intrapersonally in confusion over…
Older Adults Developing a Preference for Living Apart Together
What is understood about late life partner relationships is largely based on long-term marriage, with little attention given to understanding the process of forming new partnerships in older adulthood. However, marked growth in cohabitation and greater awareness of living apart together (LAT) suggests a need for further investigation. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to explore how decisions about LAT are made among later-life men an…
Best Practices in Family Life Education Programming for Midlife and Older Adults
Due to dramatic changes in the U.S. population's aging demographic, family life educators have begun offering more programming for midlife and older adults. This shift began in the early 1990s, after several family scholars and practicing professionals urged the National Council of Family Relations to revise its Framework for Life Span Family Life Education to include “later adulthood” as a fourth age‐group categorization. Since this revision, fa…
Emerging Ideas. Advancing Family Science Through Public Scholarship: Fostering Community Relationships and Engaging in Broader Impacts
Objective To increase the awareness and support for family scientists' engagement in public scholarship. Background Without appropriate dissemination efforts, important research findings may remain solely in academic journals without reaching the public. Grounded in a social justice perspective, we argue that family scientists are, and should be, on the frontlines of direct social change and activities related to broader impacts. Method In this c…
Toward a conceptual model for successful transgender aging
Transgender older adults have been subject to life-long stigma and marginalization, resulting in significant social and health consequences. Despite these challenges, this population commonly reports thriving in later life. In order to attend to nuanced experiences of older transgender adults, theoretical models of successful aging must reflect complexities presented by gender minority status. In order to address theoretical gaps, a systematic qu…
Opportunities and Challenges for Visual Qualitative Intervention Research on Facebook
From Pain To Purpose: Do Former Cancer Family Caregivers Benefit From Providing Online Peer Support
A qualitative exploration of factors influencing healthcare utilization among rural Missourians: “We have to be bleeding, broken”
Researchers performed a hybrid inductive-deductive thematic analysis of 25 individual interviews to explore factors influencing healthcare utilization in rural Missouri. Data indicated that a desire for self-sufficiency, preference for natural interventions, and poor perception of rural healthcare quality may deter healthcare utilization. Influential subjective norms included respect for toughness and resilience, conservative approach to healthca…
Rural Missourians’ perspectives on pain: I like to be in control of my life
This study examined rural Missourians' conceptualization of pain and their attitudes toward pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management strategies. The study sample consisted of twenty-five (N = 25) community-dwelling adults residing in rural Missouri counties. Researchers conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews and applied thematic analysis techniques to interpret the data. Results indicated that participants often viewed pa…
Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Social science (3 works)