Year: 1996
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to tell the story around the roles of relationships in the world of depressed women.The epistemological framework of this study is constructivism.This study involved a series of in-depth interviews with three depressed women who had young children.Hermeneutics was the method used to analyse the data.The stories of the participants were recounted through the researcher's lens in the form of themes that emerged.The specific ways each participant tried to cope, and the emerging processes from the researcher's perspective as to what she believed was helpful or unhelpful to the participants, in addition to what the participants themselves regarded as helpful, was discussed.Recurring themes evident in the stories of all three participants were elucidated in the story of the stories.The information gained could serve as guidelines to those working with depressed people from a Western and an African context.
Author: Valerie Joan Rapmund
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W377795521