Solitary Music Listening as a Social Process in Chronic Illness

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer J. Nicol
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Music Listening

scholarly journals Creating Vocative Texts

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Nicol
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Van Manen ◽  
Poetic Text ◽  
Five Elements ◽  
The Senses

Vocative texts are expressive poetic text s that strive to show rather than tell, that communicate felt knowledge, and that appeal to the senses. They are increasingly used by researchers to present qualitative findings, but little has been written about how to create such texts. To this end, excerpts from an inquiry into the experience and meaning of music listening in the context of chronic illness (Nicol, 2002) are presented and used to illustrate five elements associated with vocative texts (van Manen, 1997). Further student examples of vocative writing are also provided. The intent is to make a pragmatic contribution to the growing literature on writing and qualitative inquiry, and to stimulate interest in experimenting with different ways of writing.

Social Construction of Chronic Disease

2011 ◽  
pp. 395-409
Author(s):  
Chris Peterson ◽  
Evan Willis
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Medical Practitioner ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Social Forces ◽  
Medical Practitioners ◽  
Health And Illness ◽  
Patients Experience ◽  
And Control

In this study of narratives in relation to chronic illness, a number of themes relevant to patients were identified from the literature for discussion and analysis. Themes included responsibility and control of chronic illness, stigma and non-legitimation. Discussions and blogs on the Internet were identified and examined representing patient experiences of chronic illness. For some patients taking responsibility for their chronic illness conflicted with some of their important life roles. There were also questions about the degree to which people who already manage busy lives should also be managing their disease. It was found that some patients experience control over their illness and behaviour as a difficulty they faced with a chronic condition. This included being placed on a regimen and reviewed for compliance. Some referred to the experience as policing. Patients who reported some greater difficulties were those with illnesses which struggled to achieve legitimacy through medical means. Their illness experience and outcomes were largely dependent on seeking out sympathetic medical practitioners. Overall the authors conclude that notwithstanding the benefits of self management programs for patients, the uncertainty surrounding chronic illness creates problems for patients and reinforces the importance of having effective and trusting relationships with their health care providers. A typical biomedical perspective on illness tends to focus on disease and its causes without considering the social world within which health and illness occur, and the way in which social forces shape these concepts and experiences. Sociologists and some progressive medical practitioner researchers are concerned with social process and with the effect of factors such as gender relations, social class and the broader political economy on understanding the experience and prevalence of disease. The aim of this chapter is to present some narratives by patients, consumers, medical and health practitioners, and other stakeholders in blogs, discussions and forums on the Internet. This chapter looks at a number of aspects of chronic illness that have been identified in a range of studies, from aspects of responsibility of patients and control processes on chronic illness patients through to non-legitimate and resistance themes.

scholarly journals The opinion of patients with COPD: the process of becoming chronically sick

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 2221-2228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabete Lamy Luz ◽  
Marta Lima Basto
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Individual Strategies ◽  
Basic Social Process ◽  
Sick Individual ◽  
Symptoms And Signs

Many earlier studies have contributed to a general understanding of the symptoms and signs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), yet very little is known about the transition from a healthy to a chronically sick individual. The scope of this study was to understand how people live with their chronic illness, using Grounded Theory¹. Twenty-two participants with COPD were interviewed. Findings revealed "the basic social process" of becoming sick with COPD: The significance of living with COPD; Stages of becoming a sick individual; Strategies for management of the process used by participants. The conclusion reached is that understanding the process of "becoming sick" from the person's perspective assists nurses to develop personalized interventions with individuals suffering from COPD, focussing on the subject of care.

“Music First”

GeroPsych ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dane L. Shiltz ◽  
Tara T. Lineweaver ◽  
Tim Brimmer ◽  
Alex C. Cairns ◽  
Danielle S. Halcomb ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Usual Care ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Care Group ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Antipsychotic Medications ◽  
Risk Of Death ◽  
Extended Care ◽  
Individualized Music

Abstract. Existing research has primarily evaluated music therapy (MT) as a means of reducing the negative affect, behavioral, and/or cognitive symptoms of dementia. Music listening (ML), on the other hand, offers a less-explored, potentially equivalent alternative to MT and may further reduce exposure to potentially harmful psychotropic medications traditionally used to manage negative behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). This 5-month prospective, naturalistic, interprofessional, single-center extended care facility study compared usual care (45 residents) and usual care combined with at least thrice weekly personalized ML sessions (47 residents) to determine the influence of ML. Agitation decreased for all participants (p < .001), and the ML residents receiving antipsychotic medications at baseline experienced agitation levels similar to both the usual care group and the ML patients who were not prescribed antipsychotics (p < .05 for medication × ML interaction). No significant changes in psychotropic medication exposure occurred. This experimental study supports ML as an adjunct to pharmacological approaches to treating agitation in older adults with dementia living in long-term care facilities. It also highlights the need for additional research focused on how individualized music programs affect doses and frequencies of antipsychotic medications and their associated risk of death and cerebrovascular events in this population.

Contribution of Demographics, Sociological Factors, and Media Usage to Verbal Aggressiveness

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Glascock
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Rap Music ◽  
Verbal Aggression ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Verbal Aggressiveness ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Sociological Factors

Given the increasing relevance of verbal aggression in today’s society, the goal of this study was to assess the relative contributions of potential demographic and sociological factors. Emerging adults were surveyed, and the data were analyzed using correlations and hierarchical regression. While television viewing, video game playing, and music listening were positively correlated with verbal aggression, only (rap) music listening remained significant when demographic and other sociological influences were factored in. Overall, the hierarchical regression analysis found religiosity, parental and peer influence, quality of neighborhood, sex, and media usage (listening to rap music) to be significant contributors to verbal aggression among emerging adults. Male participants reported more verbally aggressive behavior than women, and African Americans reported more verbal aggression than White respondents. While media usage seems to play a significant, but relatively small role, other demographic and sociological factors such as gender, neighborhood, religion, peers, and parents appear to be major contributors in the development of verbal aggression among emerging adults.

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