scholarly journals Moving Beyond Redemptive Magnitude: Examining Redemptive Forms and Themes in Young Adults’ Narratives of Difficult Life Experiences

Identity ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Jordan A. Booker ◽  
Joshua D. Perlin
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Life Experiences

scholarly journals “A Life in Paradox”: Experiences of Young Adult Stroke Survivors

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudolf Cymorr Kirby Palogan Martinez ◽  
Migliore H. Macuja ◽  
Paul Remson Manzo ◽  
Sarah J. Bujawe
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Family Involvement ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
Individual Experience ◽  
Stroke Survivors ◽  
The Family

This study, rooted on phenomenological approach, explored the experiences of post-stoke young adults. Seven (7) participants were gathered as co-researchers and were selected thoroughly based on the following criteria: 1) They are Filipino who had stroke at the age of 15-35 and 2) They are able and willing to articulate, participate, and share their life experiences. Further, the experiences of the participants were gathered and enhanced through the following methods: 1) Interview, and 2) Storytelling. Subsequently, three levels of analysis were done ensuing the process developed by Martinez (2013), grounded on interpretative phenomenology. Through the process of reflective analysis, three themes have emerged and are as follows: (a) “Sometimes, what is forbidden is pleasurable”: Dilemma of Needs and Wants(b) “I accepted it... my family is still accepting it”: Centrality and Ambiguity of the Family(c) “I become feeble but stronger”: Resilience in VulnerabilityThe themes represent a recurring pattern among the lives of the co-researchers from having the desire to change their old ways and habits but acting otherwise. Further, these patterns are reflected in the positionality of their family as both a burden that reminds them that they have a disease yet serves as the main reason they continue to fight. This also mirrors how they view stroke as something that defeated them but in the process taught them resilience in life. The insight of a “life in paradox”, then serves as the central essence of the study.Insights from the study suggest that the experience of the co-researchers is more than an individual experience of conflict resolution but a phenomenon of family’s contextualization. Studies that explore compliance among post stroke young adult as well as family involvement in rehabilitation is then suggested.

scholarly journals Young Adults’ Security Perceptions: Troubling, but an Opportunity for the Response Field

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karla Vermeulen
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
General Sense ◽  
Current Generation ◽  
Entry Level ◽  
Strong Belief ◽  
Emergency Managers ◽  
Response Field

Abstract While today’s young adults are often vilified as hypersensitive and narcissistic, it is important to understand how the life experiences of the current generation of 18- to 25-year-olds has shaped their worldviews. This research indicates that growing up in the post-9/11 world has exposed them to a reduction in liberty, increased prejudice and mistrust, and a general sense of fear and insecurity. However, it has also helped them understand that disasters can impact anyone, and instilled a strong belief that people should help each other in times of need. These are characteristics that emergency managers and response professionals should view as strengths to be capitalized on among entry-level hires are who drawn to the field.

scholarly journals End-of-life Experiences of Hospitalized Young Adults With Cancer (SA506-B)

2013 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 395-396
Author(s):  
Jessica Keim-Malpass ◽  
Jeanne Erickson ◽  
Howard Charles Malpass
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Life Experiences

Between invisible defects and visible impact: the life experiences of adolescents and young adults with congenital heart disease

2014 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 599-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yueh-Tao Chiang ◽  
Chi-Wen Chen ◽  
Wen-Jen Su ◽  
Jou-Kou Wang ◽  
Chun-Wei Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults

Composing Sexuality in the Midst of Adolescent Cancer

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-206
Author(s):  
Andrew Estefan ◽  
Nancy J. Moules ◽  
Catherine M. Laing
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Narrative Inquiry ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Life Changes ◽  
Adolescent Cancer ◽  
Significant Life ◽  
Depth And Complexity ◽  
After Cancer ◽  
Is Value

A cancer diagnosis heralds the onset of significant life changes. The various experiences of diagnosis, treatment, and recovery from cancer during adolescence and young adulthood are complex and disruptive. Emphasis on treatment and recovery often overshadows other social and developmental imperatives for adolescents and young adults. Acknowledging, exploring, and crafting one’s own sexual identity is a significant milestone achieved during this time, and it is one that is interrupted by the arrival and treatment of cancer. There is value in understanding how adolescents and young adults compose sexuality amid cancer experiences, and how this composition contributes to their ongoing stream of life experiences after recovery. As part of a larger study of sexuality and adolescent cancer, we undertook a narrative inquiry with Anna and Mark, two young adults who experienced cancer during adolescence. Over 14 months, we met with Anna and Mark, drawing on different narrative inquiry approaches to explore their past and ongoing experiences and to build negotiated stories of those experiences. We explored resonant threads between the stories, which help show the depth and complexity of sexuality as it is experienced in the midst of and after cancer. Two resonant threads are discussed: inward and outward looking, and sexuality and survival. The inquiry reveals the richness of self-composition amid competing stories of cancer treatment, disruptions to family and socialization, survivorship, what it means to be a young man or woman in the world, and the sense of a developing sexual self.

‘Life has actually become more clear’: An examination of resilience among LGBTQ young adults

Sexualities ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 710-733 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel M Schmitz ◽  
Kimberly A Tyler
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young People ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Identity Based

Though lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) young adults in the USA experience identity-based adversities, they also develop resilience. Research overemphasizes these young people's risks without fully considering their unique social environments. This study documents how LGBTQ young people subjectively and contextually interpret arduous life experiences. Based on 46 LGBTQ young adults aged 19–26 who are either homeless or attending college, we examine how LGBTQ young people with diverse contextual life situations develop understandings of resilience. Findings underscore nuanced processes young people use to reframe their identity-related challenges that enrich their lives in meaningful, resilience-building ways.

scholarly journals «Barndommen min har aldri forlatt meg» En undersøkelse av trosfortellinger og unges deltagelse i interreligiøs dialog

2020 ◽  
pp. 207-232
Author(s):  
Mette Bøe Lyngstad ◽  
Yvonne Margaretha Wang
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Religious Belief ◽  
Narrative Theory ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Sociology Of Religion ◽  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
Qualitative Research Study ◽  
New Form ◽  
The Impact

This study explores the impact of interreligious dialogue on identity, belonging and faith among young adults who are active in an interreligious dialogue group where they use storytelling as a method to reflect on their faith as young adults in light of their childhood background, teenage experience and present understandings of themselves. It is a qualitative research study, conducted through interviews with three young adults between 18 and 30 years of age, and through analysis of video tapes. The theoretical framework is narrative theory and sociology of religion. The results show that the group constructs new ways of belonging through dialogue and personal storytelling. It shows how lived religion expands and develops through interreligious dialogue. The young adults develop a new form of identity and belonging through different life experiences and through reflection upon their faith in the encounters with each other. Thus, the study offers new understandings of the dynamics of the individual’s religion and interreligious dialogue. The study concludes by drawing attention to the impact of early socialization in relation to religious belief and how critical moments in life shape new interpretations of religion and faith.

scholarly journals Psychobiological determinants of ‘Blue Whale Suicide Challenge’ victimization: A proposition for the agency mediated mental health risk in new media age

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Etiologically Elusive Disorders Research Network Kumar A.
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
New Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Blue Whale ◽  
Modus Operandi ◽  
Social Media Networks ◽  
The World ◽  
Teenagers And Young Adults

Background: An internet game called Blue Whale Suicide Challenge (BWSC) has driven scores of teenagers and young adults to commit suicide globally. The challenge preferably runs through closed social media networks and has gained notoriety for its mysterious modus operandi. Methods: Descriptions of these cases, published online by credible news media around the world, were collected using combinations of keywords, viz., ‘blue whale suicide challenge’, ‘self-infliction’, ‘rescue’ etc. A comprehensive review of both, the reported descriptions and the scientific literature, was undertaken to evaluate the mental status of the victims and curators of the game, and to construct a psychobiological perspective of the victimization.Results and discussion: BWSC victimization cases were reported from different parts of the world, particularly from Russia, Europe and India. The victims of the challenge were largely teenagers and young adults with infrequent cases in other age groups. Teenagers with complicated upbringing and negative life experiences have a higher propensity to be easier targets. Analysis of instructions used in the game reveal a motivational program that exploits fear psychology and contains elements of induction, habituation and self-infliction. All in order to mentally groom the victim for eventual suicide. Conclusions: BWSC victimization seems to imply predatory and self-inflictive psychobiological mechanisms on the part of its curators and participants, respectively. This online agency mediated modus operandi uniquely exploits principles of psychology and could mischievously be applied to target individuals or masses in different settings.

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