Friendship in Later Life: How Friends Are Significant Resources in Older Persons' Communication about Chronic Pain.
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serval:BIB_BE6ABA3451BF
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
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Title
Friendship in Later Life: How Friends Are Significant Resources in Older Persons' Communication about Chronic Pain.
Journal
International journal of environmental research and public health
ISSN
1660-4601 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1660-4601
Publication state
Published
Issued date
03/05/2022
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
19
Number
9
Pages
5551
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: epublish
Publication Status: epublish
Abstract
This article focuses on how older persons perceive their friends' role in their daily experience of chronic pain. It reports part of the results of a study in which we interviewed 49 participants, aged 75 and older, about the way they communicate about chronic pain within their social network.
Using discourse and content analysis, we first examine older persons' definition of friendship, and then identify the various dimensions of friendship that are engaged in the communication about chronic pain.
Participants define close friends as people with whom they share intimacy and social proximity (same gender, age and experience of pain). These dimensions allow older persons to talk freely about their pain without the fear of being judged or rejected, particularly when it is related to a dynamic of reciprocity.
This article shows that the contribution of friends to the everyday life of older persons with chronic pain is mainly that of providing emotional support.
Using discourse and content analysis, we first examine older persons' definition of friendship, and then identify the various dimensions of friendship that are engaged in the communication about chronic pain.
Participants define close friends as people with whom they share intimacy and social proximity (same gender, age and experience of pain). These dimensions allow older persons to talk freely about their pain without the fear of being judged or rejected, particularly when it is related to a dynamic of reciprocity.
This article shows that the contribution of friends to the everyday life of older persons with chronic pain is mainly that of providing emotional support.
Keywords
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Chronic Pain/psychology, Communication, Friends/psychology, Humans, chronic pain, communication, emotional support, friendship, older persons, social network
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Yes
Funding(s)
Swiss National Science Foundation / Projects / 10001C_179292
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02/05/2022 8:14
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08/10/2024 7:06