title: An application of the transactional model to the analysis of chronic illness narratives.
abstract: The authors' aim in this study was to describe the chronic illness experience and its relationship to the concept to finding meaning. They conducted interviews using a narrative approach with 15 adults experiencing various chronic illnesses and analyzed narrative data using a combination of holistic-content and categorical-content approaches. The three major categories were the context of the chronic illness experience, personal reactions, and coping efforts. These categories were best interpreted in terms of a transactional model. The authors categorized finding meaning under cognitive coping strategies and described it as a strategy that was part of a larger coping repertoire.
authors.affiliation: University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
authors.forename: Andrea M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Poole
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D033262:Narration; D011582:Psychological Theory; D036301:Qualitative Research; D014152:Transactional Analysis