Child Health Nursing Research

Korean Academy of Child Health Nursing (한국아동간호학회)
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Psychosocial Adjustment of Adolescents with Hematologic : Self-integration from Deviated Life

혈액종양이 있는 청소년의 사회심리적 적응:이탈되어진 삶에서 자아통합 해나가기

  • Son, Sun-Young (Kwandong University College of Medicine, Myongji Hospital)
  • Published : 2009.07.31
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Abstract

Purpose: The main purpose of this study was to observe the adaptation experience process of adolescents with hematologic malignancies. Methods: The Grounded Theory Method, developed by Strauss & Corbin (1998), was used in this study. The data were collected through in-depth. interviews with 10 adolescents with cancer. Data collection and analysis occurred concurrently. Theoretical sampling technique was used until the data reached saturation. Results: "A deviated life" was verified as the central phenomenon for adolescents with cancer. The adaptation experience process was divided into 3 steps: "Self-confusion", "Reinterpretation", and "Regeneration of self". Through these 3 steps, the adolescents with hematologic malignancies fitted a new life by self-integration. Conclusion: The results of this study provide a frame for individualized nursing intervention strategies in helping with the psychosocial adaptation of adolescents with hematologic malignancies.

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