Hermeneutic Phenomenological Writing about The Lived Experience of the Adult-children Living with Disabled-Parents |
MiHee Kim |
Department of EMT. Gachon Univertity of Medicine and Science |
장애인 부모와 함께 사는 자녀의 체험에 관한 해석학적 현상학적 글쓰기 |
김미희 |
가천의과학대학교 응급구조학과 겸임교수 |
Correspondence:
MiHee Kim, Tel: 82-2-6207-4544, Fax: 82-2-6207-4544, Email: elegance55@hananet.net |
Received: 2 September 2005 • Accepted: 8 March 2006 |
Abstract |
The purpose of this study, to understand and research mental and psychological changes among their children's experiences who are living with parents in disabilities can be very important problem of research in nursing that is to support for making the quality of children's well-being. Hence, to research the essence about experience of children who are living with their parents in disabilities has a great meaning in study of nursing. A method of research adapted was Hermeneutic Phenomenological Writing of Van Manen(1990).
The Thematic Statements as this research results are as follows; 1) Being shrink with their hurts kept into the chest. 2) To be troubled by making themselves become a supporter to take care of their parents inevitably. 3) Being troubled by enforced roles with falling of the mind that their children want to depend on their parents. 4) Making them stronger and more dignified to be recognized their values of existence. 5) Having a hope of life to live together. In conclusion, children living with their disabled parents experience very confused process of growth during growth periods because of teasing created by both disabilities of their parents and consciousness of the others. As they grown ups, they experience mental and psychological troubles and pains, when recognizing what to do for their disabled parents they regard it as the meaning of life. After that, they decide on the goal of life overcoming some memories of the past which were painful and hard mentally and psychologically. |
Key Words:
The Lived Experiences of the Children; Disabled Parents; Hermeneutic Phenomenological Method |