Research article summary (published 30 Mar 2002):

No more the same: the lives of adolescents in Taiwan who have lost fathers.

Full Abstract

This article offers a reconstruction of the life worlds of 30 adolescents, aged 9 to 18, from 20 families who have lost their fathers through death. Through interviews designed to measure the impact of culture on adolescent coping, six themes on rebuilding their lives, "no more the same," were identified:
(1) isolation from death, (2) incompleteness, (3) staying inside, (4) worrying with mother, (5) building connections with fathers, and (6) restructuring the family. By exploring the lives of fatherless adolescents in Taiwan, the findings of this study illustrate a metaphor "no more the same" to represent life after father's death in such culture.

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Author information

Author/s: Hsu, Min-Tao (MT); Kahn, David L (DL); Huang, Chun-Man (CM);

Affiliation: Graduate Institute of Nursing, Director of Gender Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Family & community health (Fam Community Health), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Apr; vol 25 (issue 1) : pp 43-56

Dates: Created 2002/04/22; Completed 2002/06/21; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 11966416, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adaptation, Psychological Adolescent Adolescent Psychology Adult Anecdotes as Topic Attitude to Death Child Female Humans

Humans Identification (Psychology) Male Paternal Deprivation Personality Assessment Personality Development Questionnaires Social Adjustment Taiwan

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