Research Reports
The Structure of Resilience in Illness Experiences of Children Suffering from Cancer
2014 Volume 23 Issue 3 Pages 10-17
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2014 Volume 23 Issue 3 Pages 10-17
The purpose of this study was to clarify the structure of resilience in illness experiences of children suffering from cancer. I continuously performed the comparative analysis based on the grounded theory approach. The subjects of this study were 11 patients who had experienced cancer diagnosis.
As the result of the analysis, I discovered the 3 core categories, 13 categories and 38 sub categories. These 3 core categories constituted the following processes, “the process of changing the switch of a struggle against disease”, “ the process of acquiring the confidence which overcomes medical treatment”, and “the process of accepting illness into one’s life”. Furthermore it was shown that as the structure of resilience in illness experience of children suffering from cancer, they came to recognize their illness experience as part of themselves by accepting the fact that they were ill.
It was suggested to this process that these patients acknowledges what had happened to themselves, and that it was required for hospitalization environment and the environment after leaving hospital to make the place where children can feel relieved.
