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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"narrative sense-making"”.
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Older Women’s Stories of COVID-19 Loss: Communicated Narrative Sense-Making Through Photography
… study illuminated ways in which older women made sense of their losses during the pandemic. Through photography and qualitative interviews, I uncovered the stories behind the mortality statistics. Eleven themes emerged that offer insight into the grieving experience of older women in the United …
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It’s Not What You (Don’t) Eat, It’s What Eats You: Countering the U.S. Eating Disorder Master Narrative
… studying eating disorders is based on the master narrative of biomedicine. The present dissertation examines the existing master narrative by investigating the meaning that women themselves ascribe to their eating disorder experiences. Drawing upon notions of embodiment, the present dissertation …
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An Existential Punchline: How Humor Functions in a Young Adult Friendship Facing Advanced Cancer
… of Relational Cultural Theory and Communicated Narrative Sense Making Theory, this dissertation qualitatively explored how humor functions within a young adult friendship impacted by advanced cancer. The study sample included 12 friendship dyads, comprised of one young adult diagnosed with …
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Beneath the Beauty: A Mixed Method Approach to Examining Identity Negotiation Among Asian Transracial Adoptees
<p>Making sense of one’s identity is an integral part of the human experience. This study examines identity negotiation and sense-making processes among individuals who have particularly complex identities: Asian transracial adoptees. In the past six decades, more than 280,000 infants and children …