Her Life Rests on Your Shoulders”
Doing Worry as Emotion Work in the Care of Children With Diabetes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15736652 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lisa Watt (0000-0002-3231-4093, McMaster University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Pages | 2333393617743638-2333393617743638 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Qualitative Nursing Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2333-3936 • E-ISSN: 2333-3936 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2333393617743638 |
| PMID | 29242810 |
| OpenAlex | W2773785897 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 29 |
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
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |