Inner Strength as Identified in Narratives of Elderly Women: A Focus Group Interview Study

• Autores: Erika Boman, Anette Haggblom, Berit Lundman, Björn Nygren, Regina Santamaki Fischer
• Localización: Advances in Nursing Science, ISSN 0161-9268, Vol. 38, Nº. 1, 2015 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Patterns of Healt Behavior), págs. 7-19
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1097/ans.0000000000000057
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• Resumen

  • By identifying sources of inner strength, health care personnel can be given valuable information about elderly people's capacities regardless of frailty. The focus of this interview-based study was to explore how inner strength and its dimensions can be identified in narratives of elderly women. The analysis was based on a theoretical model where inner strength is composed of 4 interacting dimensions of connectedness, creativity, firmness, and flexibility. Our findings add nuance to the notion of inner strength and deepen empirical knowledge about the concept.