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Biographical Disruptions, Appraisals and Revisions Among Couples Living With Endometriosis

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2249094
AutoresN Hudson (0000-0003-4091-1493, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences De Montfort University Leicester UK), Lorraine Culley (0000-0003-4660-2966, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences De Montfort University Leicester UK), Caroline Law (0000-0002-9896-9965, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences De Montfort University Leicester UK, autor de correspondencia), Horace Mitchell (0000-0002-4362-7642, De Montfort University), Helene Mitchell (Faculty of Health and Life Sciences De Montfort University Leicester UK), Elaine Denny (0000-0002-8118-4301, Faculty of Health Birmingham City University UK), Nick Raine‐fenning (0000-0001-5521-9059, Division of Child Health, Obstetrics and Gynaecology School of Medicine University of Nottingham UK)
Año2016
Volumen38
Número5
Páginas721-735
Fecha de publicación2016-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-9566.12392
PMID26679773
OpenAlexW2201885215
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas25
Referencias citadas53

The concept of biographical disruption has been widely applied in sociological explorations of chronic illness and has been subject to much theoretical scrutiny, reflection and development. However, little attention has been given to the impact of biographical disruption beyond the individual level. This article explores the concept from a dyadic perspective, utilising data from an exploratory, qualitative study (ENDOPART) that investigated the impact of endometriosis on women and their male partners. In total, 22 couples participated in in-depth, semi-structured, face-to-face interviews. The women and their partners were interviewed separately and, in most cases, simultaneously, by different interviewers. Data analysis was informed by an interpretivist relational approach, foregrounding the meanings participants applied to their experiences, treating interviews as accounts, and exploring partners' accounts in relation to one another. Two analytic approaches generated several themes for exploration in the context of the concept of biographical disruption: sex and intimacy; planning for and having children; working lives and social lives. The article argues that biographical disruptions are social and inter-relational processes and discusses how couples living with endometriosis negotiated these disruptions, how they were appraised and how lives and expectations were revised as a result

Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Exploratory research · Face (sociological concept · Foregrounding · Perspective (graphical · Qualitative research · Scrutiny · Social constructionism · Social science · Sociology · Endometriosis Research and Treatment · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Pregnancy-related medical research · Psychology · Social Psychology