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Aging, spirituality, and time
— a qualitative study | | Author(s) | Helen K Black, Susan M Hannum |
| Journal title | Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging, vol 27, nos 2-3, April-September 2015 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, April-September 2015 |
| Pages | pp 145-165 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Older women ; Ageing process ; Single persons ; Childless [elderly] ; Life span ; Attitude ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly]. |
| Annotation | In the present study the authors examined the concepts of ageing, time, spirituality and future care needs in four randomly selected informants from a group of 54 never-married childless older women. Using data from the Generativity and Lifestyles of Older Women (GLOW) study, the study questioned how women's perceptions of these concepts came together in current older age. The study used cultural theory (theoretical framework), ethnography (methodological framework) and phenomenology (philosophical foundation) to produce a portrait of each woman interviewed. Through a three-session interview process, the authors elicited the women's life stories, reasons for childlessness and topics that emerged as significant to the women including ageing, a sense of time remaining and spirituality. A key finding was that the context of each woman's life, both biographical and historical, transpired as a foundation for these concepts. That is, a woman's `place in time' shaped their experiences of ageing, as well as her reasons for childlessness and perceptions of finitude. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150918232 A |
| Classmark | BD: BG: SQ: F:SU: BG6: DP: EX |
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