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여형남 ( Yeo Hyeong-Nam ) - 창신대학교 간호학과
김영경 ( Kim Yeong-Kyeong ) - 부산가톨릭대학교 간호대학
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was to investigate how mothers who were caring for adults with developmental disabilities experience changes.
Methods: This study was qualitative research applying grounded theory methodology. The participants were 17 mothers who cared for adult children with developmental disabilities in C city. The data was analyzed by Strauss & Corbin(1998) in the grounded theory.
Results: Data analysis resulted in 41 concepts, 16 subcategories, and 6 categories; The casual condition was ‘recognizing separation of life from their child’, Central phenomenon was to ‘recover self.’ Contextual condition was ‘recognizing the barriers to self-recovery’, Intervening condition was ‘forming and using a support base’. Action/interaction strategy was ‘seeking a way to expand the redeemed self’, The result of utilizing this action/interaction strategy was ‘reestablishing your own life’.
Conclusion: The core categorization of mothers who care for children with developmental disabilities was the process of living in a meaningful existence together with child '. The process of living with a child in a meaningful being is the process of establishing a mother's identity and living a self-esteem life changes the center of life into oneself.
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KeyWords
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발달장애, 돌봄, 경험, 근거이론, 질적 연구
Developmental disabilities, Caring, Experience, Grounded theory, Qualitative research
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원문 및 링크아웃 정보
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등재저널 정보
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