Journal article
Living in the doldrums: The lived experience of dispiritedness in later life
Research in gerontological nursing, Vol.3(3), pp.148-161
07/2010
DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20100601-04
PMID: 20635800
Abstract
This phenomenological investigation sought to enhance understanding of the experience of dispiritedness by providing a rich and vivid description of the essential structure of the experience in later life. van Manen's hermeneutic-phenomenological method was used to analyze the transcribed texts of 11 individuals who identified themselves as being in "later life" (mean age = 73, age range = 52 to 93) and who participated in phenomenological interviews focusing on describing the experience of dispiritedness. Statements describing the experience of dispiritedness were sorted into 21 thematic categories that were synthesized into 7 essential themes that described the structure of the lived experience of dispiritedness in later life as Arising From Life's Trying Transitions, Feeling Disengaged From Meaning, Experiencing a Restricting Loss of Vigor and Animation, Feeling Forlorn Bewilderment, Moving Between Engagement and Disengagement, Remaining Faithful to Enduring Connections, and Engaging in Day-to-Day Living.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Living in the doldrums: The lived experience of dispiritedness in later life
- Creators
- Howard Karl Butcher - University of Iowa, NursingMeghan L McGonigal-Kenney
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Research in gerontological nursing, Vol.3(3), pp.148-161
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.3928/19404921-20100601-04
- PMID
- 20635800
- ISSN
- 1940-4921
- eISSN
- 1938-2464
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2010
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9983557510402771
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