Korean Journal of Adult Nursing (성인간호학회지)
- Volume 17 Issue 4
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- Pages.521-528
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- 2005
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- 1225-4886(pISSN)
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- 2288-338X(eISSN)
The Lived Experiences of the Middle-Aged Women
중년 여성의 삶에 대한 경험
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Kim, Boon-Han
(Department of Nursing, Hanyang University) ;
- Kim, Yoon-Sook (Department of Nursing, Hanyang University) ;
- Oh, Jin-Hwan (Department of Nursing, Hanyang University) ;
- Jung, Eun-Sil (Department of Nursing, Hanyang University)
- Received : 2005.01.18
- Accepted : 2005.04.01
- Published : 2005.09.30
Abstract
Purpose: This study was explored the experiences of the middle-aged women and tried to understand their lived experiences. Method: The data was collected from 9 participants living in Seoul from Sep. to Dec. 2003. Collection of data was by means of in-depth interviews. The analysis of the data was made the phenomenological analytic method suggested by Colaizzi(1978). Result: The 10 themes were extracted in this study ; sense of emptiness, repentance of one's past, decline of physical functions, lost one's youth, worry of children, thinking about future, importance of husband, importance of job, composure of mind, content with present life. Conclusion: Therefore, the helpful program should be developed and applied to extend positive lived experiences, and relieve or exclude negative lived experiences for the middle aged women.