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Aging, chronic illness and self-concept
— a study of women with osteoporosis | | Author(s) | Seanne Wilkins |
| Journal title | Journal of Women & Aging, vol 13, no 1, 2000 |
| Pages | pp 73-92 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Older women ; Osteoporosis ; Ageing process ; Chronic illness ; Attitude ; Qualitative Studies ; Canada. |
| Annotation | The coalescence of ageing and chronic illness may alter the relationships between the meanings of ageing and chronic illness and the self-concept. Using Rosenberg's conceptualisation of self-concept (1979), a qualitative study was designed and data collected from 28 Canadian women with osteoporosis. Three types of self-concepts emerged from the data: the confident self, the contradictory self, and the disparaged self. A description of these types is presented highlighting the reciprocal relationship among meanings of ageing and chronic illness and self-concept. Discussion covers the strategies used to enhance, protect and maintain self-concept, despite changes brought on by ageing and chronic illness. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010314212 A |
| Classmark | BD: CLO: BG: CI: DP: 3DP: 7S |
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