KMID : 0869520140200020081
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Journal of East-West Nirsing Research 2014 Volume.20 No. 2 p.81 ~ p.92
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Joys and sorrows of Mothers of Children with Mental Illness
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Yun Jung-Sook
Kim Kwuy-Bun
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Abstract
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Purpose: As a cultural descriptive research, this study investigates the joys and sorrows that mothers who have been taking care of a child with mental illness in the Korean culture.
Methods: The data were collected from June 2011 to July 2012 targeting a total of 11 mothers who were looking after chldren with mental illness in their own places. Recorded and transcribed data though in-depth interviews were analyzed by Spradley¡¯s classification and analysis method.
Results: The joys and sorrows of the mothers focused on the cultural topic, "social sense of isolation¡¯, and the joys and sorrows were confirmed to be ¡¯fury to reality¡¯, ¡¯despair of illness¡¯, ¡¯blame on family¡¯, ¡¯remorse for the life¡¯ and ¡¯little pleasure earned by emptying mind¡¯.
Conclusion: It is suggestive that the results of this study can be used to understand the joys and sorrows of the mothers with the mental patients; may be used to improve sociocultural understanding of the mothers; and may be applied to nursing practice.
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KEYWORD
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Mental illness, Mother, joys and sorrows
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