Article: Autobiographical timeline: A narrative and life story approach in understanding meaning-making in cancer patients

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TitleAutobiographical timeline: A narrative and life story approach in understanding meaning-making in cancer patients
AuthorsLeung, PPY1
Keywordscancer
constructivist research
coping
life story
meaning
narrative research
Issue Date2010
PublisherBaywood Publishing Co., Inc.. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.baywood.com/journals/previewjournals.asp?id=1054-1373
CitationIllness Crisis And Loss, 2010, v. 18 n. 2, p. 111-127 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/IL.18.2.c
AbstractCoping with cancer presents a formidable challenge. Finding meaning, or making sense of the disease, has been shown to have positive benefits for the individual. This article introduces an innovative qualitative method-the autobiographical timeline interview-in research on the illness experience, as demonstrated in a study to understand the meaning-making process for Chinese women with breast cancer. This method integrates narrative technique and life story approach in facilitating research participants to explore and articulate the meaning they constructed of their cancer experience. It allows in-depth understanding into a phenomenon with adherence to methodological and scientific rigor. The emphasis of this article is on the discussion of the research method and how it elucidates participants' subjective realities in light of their cultural, temporal, and social contexts. The research process not only promotes evidence-based reflective practice but is also an empowering experience for the participants. © 2010, Baywood Publishing Co., Inc.
ISSN1054-1373
DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2190/IL.18.2.c
ReferencesReferences in Scopus
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dc.contributor.authorLeung, PPY
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-08T02:17:29Z
dc.date.available2010-10-08T02:17:29Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractCoping with cancer presents a formidable challenge. Finding meaning, or making sense of the disease, has been shown to have positive benefits for the individual. This article introduces an innovative qualitative method-the autobiographical timeline interview-in research on the illness experience, as demonstrated in a study to understand the meaning-making process for Chinese women with breast cancer. This method integrates narrative technique and life story approach in facilitating research participants to explore and articulate the meaning they constructed of their cancer experience. It allows in-depth understanding into a phenomenon with adherence to methodological and scientific rigor. The emphasis of this article is on the discussion of the research method and how it elucidates participants' subjective realities in light of their cultural, temporal, and social contexts. The research process not only promotes evidence-based reflective practice but is also an empowering experience for the participants. © 2010, Baywood Publishing Co., Inc.
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dc.identifier.citationIllness Crisis And Loss, 2010, v. 18 n. 2, p. 111-127 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/IL.18.2.c
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.2190/IL.18.2.c
dc.identifier.epage127
dc.identifier.hkuros174365
dc.identifier.issn1054-1373
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.openurl
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-77953985948
dc.identifier.spage111
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/123923
dc.identifier.volume18
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherBaywood Publishing Co., Inc.. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.baywood.com/journals/previewjournals.asp?id=1054-1373
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofIllness Crisis and Loss
dc.relation.referencesReferences in Scopus
dc.subjectcancer
dc.subjectconstructivist research
dc.subjectcoping
dc.subjectlife story
dc.subjectmeaning
dc.subjectnarrative research
dc.titleAutobiographical timeline: A narrative and life story approach in understanding meaning-making in cancer patients
dc.typeArticle
Author Affiliations
  1. The University of Hong Kong