The Lived Experiences of the Middle-Aged Women.
- Author:
Boon Han KIM
1
;
Yoon Sook KIM
;
Jin Hwan OH
;
Eun Sil JUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Hanyang University. well67@paran.com
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Middle-aged women;
Lived experience
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Child;
Female;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Seoul;
Spouses;
Thinking
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Adult Nursing
2005;17(4):521-528
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
