Journal article
PERCEIVED AGE, SOCIAL INTEGRATION, AND DISABILITY: A CASE STUDY OF AGING WOMEN
Journal of loss & trauma, Vol.9(2), pp.113-129
04/01/2004
DOI: 10.1080/15325020490242038
Abstract
In this study, we used a qualitative case study design influenced by interpretive interactionism to explore how disability influences the perception of age and the social integration of three aging women. This study begins an important step toward understanding disability, aging, and social integration by bringing the reader into our conversation with three unique but similar women. These women expressed a perception of age younger than their chronological age; negative events associated with disability did not sway the women to perceive themselves as older than their stated age. Social integration varied depending upon their ability to find an environment that supported their chosen identity. Future studies are needed to provide further understanding of how women integrate the changes associated with disability into their social spheres during late adulthood.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- PERCEIVED AGE, SOCIAL INTEGRATION, AND DISABILITY: A CASE STUDY OF AGING WOMEN
- Creators
- TRACIE Harrison - The University of Texas at AustinDAVID L. Kahn - The University of Texas at Austin
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of loss & trauma, Vol.9(2), pp.113-129
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- DOI
- 10.1080/15325020490242038
- ISSN
- 1532-5024
- eISSN
- 1532-5032
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/01/2004
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984696563202771
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