How people with Alzheimer's disease express their sense of self: Analysis using Rom Harré's theory of selfhood

Dementia

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 713-733

  Hedman, Ragnhild ^a,d   Hansebo, Görel ^a,d   Ternestedt, Britt Marie ^a,d   Hellström, Ingrid ^b   Norberg, Astrid ^a,c  

^a Institute of Social Science   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; dementia; Harr 's social constructionist theory; identity; selfhood

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HARRÉ'S SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONIST THEORY; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SELFHOOD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; DEMENTIA; HARRÉ'S SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONIST THEORY; IDENTITY; SELFHOOD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84887535226     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301212444053     Document Type: Article

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