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Images of Sorrow :
Images of Sorrow : Experiences of losing a co-twin in old age
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- Pietilä Rosendahl, Sirpa, 1957- (författare)
- Jönköping University,Mälardalens högskola,Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd,Hälsa och välfärd,Hälsohögskolan Jönköping,Åldrandemiljön,HHJ, Institutet för gerontologi,Institute of Gerontology, School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Sweden / School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Mälardalen University, Eskilstuna, Sweden
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- Bülow, Pia (författare)
- Jönköping University,HHJ, Avdelningen för socialt arbete,HHJ. SALVE (Socialt arbete, Livssammanhang, Välfärd),Department of Behavioural Science and Social Work, Jönköping University, Sweden
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- Björklund, Anita (författare)
- Jönköping University,HHJ, Avdelningen för rehabilitering,Department of Rehabilitation, School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Sweden
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- USA, 2013
- 2013
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Health. - USA. - 1949-4998 .- 1949-5005. ; 5:12A, s. 64-73
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Abstract
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- What it is like when a lifelong twin relationship ends through death in later life is the focus of this study. It draws on interview data from seven twins who are part of a longitudinal Swedish twin study (SATSA) and who lost their co-twins in old age. Data were analyzed using qualitative latent content analysis. The results showed that the experience of loss of the co-twin was pro-found, including an emotional as well as a be-havioral dimension. Loss and loneliness were expressed as the dominant feelings related to the quality of the missing relationship as well as the loss of twin identity. However, the grief ex-periences in this study were primarily related to the closeness and quality of the twin relation-ship, rather than identity. Behavioral adjust-ments included the use of outside as well as internal cognitive resources to cope with life after the loss. Despite the devastating experi-ence of losing a co-twin after a lifelong rela-tionship, the participants engaged actively in their own grief processes. It was concluded that twin loss is unique, in the sense of losing the relational twin identity, as well as it is charac-terized by similar features as the loss of a close relationship among non-twins.
Ämnesord
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Annan medicin och hälsovetenskap -- Gerontologi, medicinsk/hälsovetenskaplig inriktning (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Other Medical and Health Sciences -- Gerontology, specialising in Medical and Health Sciences (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Aging
- Content analysis
- Sibling Death; Twin Loss
- Care Sciences within Health and Welfare
- vårdvetenskap inom området hälsa och välfärd
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