title: Joy-sorrow: a study using the Parse research method.
abstract: The purpose of this research was to uncover a structure of the lived experience of joy-sorrow using the Parse research method. Eleven women over 65 years of age volunteered to participate in the study by engaging in audio- and videotaped dialogues with the researcher about the phenomenon. The structure of the lived experience of joy-sorrow was found to be pleasure amid adversity emerging in the cherished contentment of benevolent engagements. Recommendations for further research and practice are specified.
authors.affiliation: Loyola University Chicago, USA.
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Parse
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006240:Happiness; D006803:Human Development; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research / Q000379:methods*; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011582:Psychological Theory; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*