Elder abuse in life stories: a qualitative study on rural Chinese older people.

IF 1.6 2区 心理学 Q3 GERONTOLOGY
Yanping Liu, Fawen Hu
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Abstract

Holding beliefs such as elder respect seems to make Chinese older adults vulnerable to feel abused. This study investigated how Chinese older people in the countryside perceive abuse and make sense of their abusive experiences while telling their life stories. Following a narrative approach, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 17 older persons living in a rural village, Yunnan province, China, collected their life stories, and paid special attention to their telling of abuses. Thematic analysis of the data suggests that elder abuse for the participants is a betrayal of trust that is established within Chinese cultural values. Four themes were identified in explaining the participants' experiences of abuse: disrespect, dependency and the down-valued self, disconnection and rejection, and social comparisons in the construction of abuse. We discuss implications for future research and practices in stopping elder abuse.

生活故事中的虐待老人:对中国农村老年人的定性研究。
持有诸如尊重老人之类的信念似乎使中国老年人容易感到被虐待。本研究调查了中国农村老年人在讲述他们的生活故事时如何感知虐待并理解他们的虐待经历。我们采用叙事的方法,对中国云南省一个农村的17位老人进行了半结构化的访谈,收集了他们的生活故事,并特别关注了他们讲述的虐待行为。数据的主题分析表明,虐待老人对参与者来说是对中国文化价值观中建立的信任的背叛。在解释参与者的虐待经历时,确定了四个主题:不尊重、依赖和贬低自我、断开联系和拒绝,以及虐待构建中的社会比较。我们讨论了未来的研究和实践在阻止虐待老年人的影响。
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CiteScore
3.30
自引率
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发文量
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect is the peer-reviewed quarterly journal that explores the advances in research, policy and practice, and clinical and ethical issues surrounding the abuse and neglect of older people. This unique forum provides state-of-the-art research and practice that is both international and multidisciplinary in scope. The journal"s broad, comprehensive approach is only one of its strengths—it presents training issues, research findings, case studies, practice and policy issues, book and media reviews, commentary, and historical background on a wide range of topics. Readers get tools and techniques needed for better detecting and responding to actual or potential elder abuse and neglect.
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