The Lived Experiences of the Middle-aged Women’s Anger |
Yongmi Lee |
Post-doc. Fellow, School of Nursing, the University of Michigan |
중년여성의 분노 경험에 대한 현상학적 연구 |
이용미 |
미시건 대학교 박사 후 과정 |
Correspondence:
Yongmi Lee, Email: yongmlee@umich.edu |
Received: 30 August 2007 • Accepted: 7 December 2007 |
Abstract |
Purpose This study was done to understand the essences and the meanings of anger experiences in middle-aged women.
Methods Van Manen's hermeneutical phenomenological method was used. Data were collected by in-dept interviews with eight middle-aged women who were from forties to sixties, fictions, essays and a TV drama script.
Results Surges surfaced by lost meaning of one's otherwise elaborated life: Situational context of breaking the balance of one's stable life. Self-internalization to subside conflict: A part of middle-aged women's efforts to suppress and swallow anger. The writhe of expressing desperation to be recognized: The expressed anger experience by actually letting their anger surface and expressing to others. Unmanageable weight of one's hurt:
This part indicates how they conceive their anger experiences. When the anger lump continue to accumulate in their mind, it can cause excessive and irrational responses.
Conclusion Four essential themes move not in one dimension, but in more dynamic and circulating characteristics. Also, the middle-aged women's anger experiences, which are formed under unique Korean socio-cultural contexts and moral values, imply their efforts to maintain harmonious relations with others, with an exclusion of self-centered thoughts, and more towards relationship with others. |
Key Words:
Middle aged; Women; Anger; Phenomenology |
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