An application of the transactional model to the analysis of chronic illness narratives

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 346-364

  Lee, Andrea M ^a   Poole, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Coping; Finding meaning; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NARRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 17844366858     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732304272914     Document Type: Article

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