title: Quilting as a generative activity: Studying those who make quilts for wounded service members.
abstract: A qualitative study of 24 quilters examined their experiences creating and delivering quilts to wounded service members who served in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. Using Erikson's (1963) perspective on generativity and Baumeister and Vohs's (2002) theory of motivation as theoretical frameworks, along with McCracken's (1988) five-step analysis model, we looked at the part motivation played in this process. The results were that respondents wanted to supply quilts in response to their own family histories of military involvement, to support friends/acquaintances with family in the military, and to make a difference to those who seemed young and badly wounded. Some respondents described being affected by the reactions of quilt recipients and of healing from their own traumas and grief.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Human Development & Family Studies , Penn State Mont Alto , Mont Alto , Pennsylvania , USA.
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cheek
authors.affiliation: a Department of Human Development & Family Studies , Penn State Mont Alto , Mont Alto , Pennsylvania , USA.
authors.forename: Robin G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Yaure
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D055826:Afghan Campaign 2001-; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends / Q000523:psychology*; D006686:Hobbies / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D054542:Iraq War, 2003-2011; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D066067:Military Family; D009042:Motivation; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013784:Textiles; D014728:Veterans; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Adult development; Erikson; aging; generativity; meaning; quilting