Struggling to live a new normal life among Chinese women after losing an only child:A qualitative study

作     者：Haiyan Wang Waraporn Chaiyawat Jintana Yunibhand 王海彦;Waraporn Chaiyawat;Jintana Yunibhand

作者机构：Faculty of NursingChulalongkorn UniversityRama 1 RoadWangmaiPathumwanBangkok10330Thailand School of NursingKunming Medical University1168 Chunrong RoadKunming650500YunnanChina 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Nursing Sciences》 (国际护理科学（英文）)

年 卷 期：2021年第8卷第1期

页      面：43-50,I0003页

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学科分类：1011[医学-护理学（可授医学、理学学位）] 10[医学] 

基　　金：support from The Scholarship Program for Neighboring Countries and the Faculty of Nursing  Chulalongkorn University 

主　　题：China Grounded theory Living process Only child Qualitative study 

摘      要：Objectives:Losing an only child is a life-altering event that destroys Chinese women’s lives and health in several ***,there is no unified theory exists to guide nursing *** study aimed to discover the substantive theory of how Chinese women live with the loss of their only ***:This qualitative study used the grounded theory *** sampling,snowball sampling,and theoretical sampling were used to recruit *** data from the in-depth interview,observation,and field notes with 13 Chinese women who have lost an only child in Southwest China were analyzed using the constant comparative method concurrently supplemented by the *** program,memo writing,and ***:Struggling to live a new normal life among Chinese women after losing an only child emerged as the substantive *** consists of three phases:living in agony,coming to terms,being alive in a new *** support motivated them to deal with such a ***,it brought them back to the previous phase(s)whenever they encountered adverse triggering ***,they moved back and forth between these *** findings also illustrated that this process was profoundly affected by Chinese culture and personal ***:This substantive theory may guide nursing practice based on understanding the living process by working through the three *** would help develop a professional care plan recognizing individual diversity and incorporating socio-cultural and religious knowledge to effectively support women to deal with the loss of an only child.