title: Lifelong maternal caregiving for children with schizophrenia.
abstract: Maternal caregiving for adult children with schizophrenia is described using a lifespan perspective. Principles of naturalistic inquiry and a grounded-theory design guided field work methods. Nineteen in-depth interviews with ten participants averaged 4 hours each. Data analysis involved coding and classifying themes, constant comparison, and saturating theme categories. A model depicts findings including stages of learning in the experience. The stages are as follows: (1) perceiving a problem; (2) searching for solutions; (3) enduring the situation; and (4) surviving the experience. Implications include use of the model in developing intervention and education models.
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky, College of Nursing, Chandler Medical Center, Lexington 40536-0232.
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Howard
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D008875:Middle Aged; D016294:Models, Nursing; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000451:nursing*