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KMID : 0367020020140040510
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Journal of Korean Academic of Adult Nursing
2002 Volume.14 No. 4 p.510 ~ p.520
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The Self-esteem of Elderly Women
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Choi Ji-Sun
Kim Kwuy-Bun
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Purpose: This study was to identify nursing interventive strategies centering around the meaning structure of elderly women self-esteem.
Method: This study is based on a phenomenological approach. The participants were 6 women over the age of 65 selected in Mullae Senior Club or Yeongdeungpo Senior Welfare Center. The data was collected by in-depth and open- ended interviews from May to September, 2001. The analysis of the data was used the phenomenological analytic method suggested by Giorgi(1970).
Result: Two essential themes in the self-esteem of relationships the elderly women emerged: (1) Self-identification through human relations: (2) The ability for self-control.
Conclusion: There is a variety of programs and social meetings to confirm self and support systems, whether on the governmental level or the personal level, to help the ability for self-control should be expected to live a more qualitative life and successful aging for elderly women. In addition, this study will offer a better understanding of elderly women within the social and cultural contest of South Korea.
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