Shokraneh Rahbari; Masoume Esmaeily; Abdolbaset Mahmoudpour
Abstract
Middle age is one of the periods of human development and during this period, women experience identity changes in the field of perception and relationship with themselves, others and the universe. Recognizing these changes is necessary for more and better understanding of middle-aged women. Hence the ...
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Middle age is one of the periods of human development and during this period, women experience identity changes in the field of perception and relationship with themselves, others and the universe. Recognizing these changes is necessary for more and better understanding of middle-aged women. Hence the present paper aimed at a qualitative study on the role of identity transition in relation to oneself, others and the environment of middle-aged women in Tehran. The present research method is qualitative and phenomenological. Thirteen participants were selected through purposeful sampling. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data and interviews were continued until data saturation. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data from phenomenological interviews. Findings on the role of middle-aged women's identity transition in relation to oneself includes the main themes of intrapersonal relationship, attitude to retirement, perception of middle age and attitude to self-identity. Relationship with others includes the main theme of improving relationship methods and relationship with the environment with the main themes of change in the value system, aging and death, the review of the past, the attitude towards the future and the relationship with nature were classified. Given the role of Identity transition in relation to oneself, others and the environment, counselors can benefit from the findings of this study while counselling with middle-aged women. The findings indicate the impact of the identity transition of middle-aged women in improving their relationship with others during this period and their relationship changes towards themselves and the environment around them.
Masoumeh Esmaeily
Abstract
In the process of accepting the crisis situation, people can experience a more pleasant feeling and play a more prominent role in creating family, work and social settings. This research was conducted with the aim of examining the process of accepting the crisis situation in rural areas with an emphasis ...
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In the process of accepting the crisis situation, people can experience a more pleasant feeling and play a more prominent role in creating family, work and social settings. This research was conducted with the aim of examining the process of accepting the crisis situation in rural areas with an emphasis on the gender impact of women. The statistical population of the study included rural women who remained in their village after the earthquake in Kermanshah and attempted to cope with the post-earthquake conditions. From this community, samples were selected purposefully to saturation (12 rural women). In this research, the phenomenological method was used to analyze the data. In this way, with the help of non-structured interviews, we collected information related to sample individuals. The process of accepting the crisis situation in rural women is represented in six phases following main themes: facing the threat (before the earthquake), facing the crisis (after the earthquake), trying to reconstruct the life, the stage of settling in conditions, the link with the down and life-threatening and power-up stages. This survey illustrates the process women took in the countryside to accept the crisis situation. The process requires a special effort by women from the beginning to the end according to their feminine characteristics.
Psychology
Masoome Esmaili; Aazam Dashti; Kosar Dehdast
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Adequate social relationships and reception of social support play an important role in women’s feeling of security and mental health. In this research, social apathy factors are studied in Tehranian women. This research was conducted in 2016 by a qualitative approach. Research participants are ...
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Adequate social relationships and reception of social support play an important role in women’s feeling of security and mental health. In this research, social apathy factors are studied in Tehranian women. This research was conducted in 2016 by a qualitative approach. Research participants are 15 women who came in a health home in one of the districts of Tehran City. Purposive sampling method was used to select the participants. Gathered information from semi-structured interviews by using Grounded Theory method was analyzed. After analysis of the the data gathered by interview, we identified four abstract categories including a) Underlying causes of apathy and attractiveness decline in neighborly relations, b) causal factors in forming the negative consequences of neighborly relations, c) causal factors of lack of trust and security and d) causal factors of inconsonance in neighborly relations.
