Dilemmas Managing Doubt about Family Members’ Health Complaints
A Normative Approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12755437 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C M Thompson (0000-0002-5946-7153, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author), Sarah M Parsloe (0000-0002-7691-6010, Rollins College), Michelle Acevedo Callejas (0000-0003-1816-1331, Pennsylvania State University) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 236-249 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1526-7431 • E-ISSN: 1532-7698 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15267431.2020.1773468 |
| OpenAlex | W3034066138 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 29 |
Uncertainty is inherent to the illness experience; for those who are not ill themselves, the inability to directly access another person’s embodied experiences can heighten feelings of uncertainty. Doubt about the extent to which others are ill is a common and consequential form of partner uncertainty that we focus on in this study. Guided by Goldsmith’s (2001, 2004, 2016) normative framework, we analyzed data from interviews with 32 individuals (M age = 35.28, SD = 9.91; 72% female), uncovering how participants struggled to manage their doubt of family members’ health and to respond in normatively supportive ways to family members’ health claims. Each uncertainty management strategy for seeking and avoiding information, obtaining social support, and adjusting to chronic doubt often risked valued identities and relationships. This study illuminates the underrepresented perspective of individuals who doubt family members’ health issues and the challenges they face as support providers
Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Face (sociological concept · Feeling · Normative · Perspective (graphical · Social dilemma · Sociology · Computer Science · Family Support in Illness · Patient Dignity and Privacy · Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |