Segraves Mary Margaret
Department of Psychiatric and Community Nursing, William F. Cornell School of Nursing, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02139, USA.
Health Care Women Int. 2004 Dec;25(10):916-32. doi: 10.1080/07399330490508622.
Women who live alone in the United States maintain connectedness in ways that are not fully understood. The purposes of this study were to (1) describe midlife women's definitions of themselves and how these are related to living alone; (2) identify the role of connections in relation to self; and (3) describe how self-definition is related to well-being. Van Manen's interpretive phenomenology and Riessmann's method of narrative analysis were used to examine the role of connections and well-being. Living alone was a core component of self. Outside connections supported the women's well-being. Women's future concerns included disability and financial viability. Directions for further study include examining the concepts of mattering and belonging in relation to women's emotional health.
在美国，独自生活的女性以一些尚未被完全理解的方式保持着联系。本研究的目的是：（1）描述中年女性对自己的定义以及这些定义与独自生活的关系；（2）确定人际关系在自我认知方面的作用；（3）描述自我定义与幸福感的关系。运用范曼的解释现象学和里斯曼的叙事分析方法来研究人际关系和幸福感的作用。独自生活是自我的核心组成部分。外部人际关系支持着这些女性的幸福感。女性未来担忧的问题包括残疾和经济上的可行性。进一步研究的方向包括探讨与女性情绪健康相关的重要性和归属感概念。
