Emerging Adult Women with Chronic Pain: A Narrative Inquiry

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dc.contributor.advisordela Cruz, Añiela
dc.contributor.authorFinlay, Jenise
dc.contributor.committeememberEstefan, Andrew
dc.contributor.committeememberMcCaffrey, Graham
dc.date2022-06
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-11T17:29:23Z
dc.date.available2022-03-11T17:29:23Z
dc.date.issued2022-03
dc.description.abstractWomen are disproportionately affected by chronic pain, yet women’s pain is frequently discounted or underestimated by medical professionals. Emerging adult women are at higher risk for insufficient pain management and face unique challenges navigating chronic illness, dating, body image, college, careers, establishing independence from family, and bearing children at an age where youth is equated to being healthy. An increasing prevalence in chronic pain has been observed across all age groups in Canada, most notably among those aged 20 to 29 with no other health conditions, yet few qualitative studies examine chronic pain exclusively in women under 30. The purpose of this narrative inquiry was to understand how the experience of living with chronic pain affects the identity of emerging adult women aged 18 to 29. Clandinin and Connelly’s (2000) form of narrative inquiry was used to explore the lived and told stories of two emerging adult women living with chronic pain, gaining a deeper understanding of how their experiences shape, and are shaped by, social, cultural, familial, and institutional narratives. Data were generated through composition of field texts that included in-depth conversational interviews and field journal writing. Participant artwork, poetry, and writing were also used for data generation and data analysis. Transitioning from field texts to research texts, narrative accounts were then co-composed with research participants. Narrative threads that resonated across narrative accounts include: silenced, invisible, and locating self with pain; pain experiences storied through relationships; and resisting the singular stories of people living with chronic pain. Personal, practical, and social significance of this work are discussed with implications for nursing practice, health education, research, and policy before concluding with final reflections.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFinlay, J. (2022). Emerging adult women with chronic pain: a narrative inquiry (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39628
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/114459
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyNursingen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectchronic painen_US
dc.subjectemerging adulten_US
dc.subjectwomen's healthen_US
dc.subjectyoung adulten_US
dc.subjectwomenen_US
dc.subjectemerging adult womenen_US
dc.subjectnarrative inquiryen_US
dc.subjectqualitativeen_US
dc.subjectnarrativeen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Healthen_US
dc.subject.classificationNursingen_US
dc.titleEmerging Adult Women with Chronic Pain: A Narrative Inquiryen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineNursingen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Nursing (MN)en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrueen_US
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