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| Title: | The influence of a grandfather’s disease process and death on the formation of
personal identity in a granddaughter |
| Authors: | Sellers, Debra M.
Milton, Maggie |
| Publication Date: | 2007 |
| Type: | Article (author version) |
| Journal: | Journal of aging studies |
| Volume: | 21 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Starting Page: | 229 |
| Ending Page: | 238 |
| Keywords: | Grandfathers
Death
Personal identity
Case study
Granddaughters |
| Abstract: | This case study investigated the influence of a grandfather with Parkinson's disease and his death on the development of personal identity in his granddaughter. The case was complicated by the granddaughter's diagnosis at age 20 with a potentially terminal illness 3 months after his death. The granddaughter experienced symptoms similar to those of her grandfather. Analysis of a retrospective interview with the granddaughter revealed four themes: shared interests, coping skills and adaptation, enlightenment, and influence. These themes were examined within the context of Erik H. Erikson's (1950) theory of identity development as a conceptual framework for understanding the influence of the grandfather-granddaughter relationship. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2097/674 |
| Publisher URL: | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/620198/description#description |
| Appears in Collections: | Family Studies and Human Services
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