Narrative construction of resilience: Stories of older Czech adults

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F47122099%3A_____%2F17%3AN0000001" target="_blank" >RIV/47122099:_____/17:N0000001 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/68081740:_____/17:00480040 RIV/61989592:15260/17:73587035

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ageing-and-society/article/narrative-construction-of-resilience-stories-of-older-czech-adults/8C9F6378945A9C015EB8270020C258CA" target="_blank" >https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ageing-and-society/article/narrative-construction-of-resilience-stories-of-older-czech-adults/8C9F6378945A9C015EB8270020C258CA</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X16000581" target="_blank" >10.1017/S0144686X16000581</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Narrative construction of resilience: Stories of older Czech adults

Original language description

Some older adults handle the pitfalls of ageing better than others. One explanation emerges from the concept of resilience, the ability to bounce back from the adversities of later life. In this study, we approached resilience from the narrative perspective. This study is a part of a project based on the DIPEx qualitative methodology, focused on different aspects of ageing. A combination of narrative and semi-structured interviews was conducted with 50 older adults (aged 75 and over). From the total number of interviews, a sub-group of 11 resilient participants was selected on the basis of the criteria set for resilience: (a) past exposure to adversity; and (b) positive adaptation to this adversity in terms of quality of life, happiness and activity. The results of the analysis are presented in the framework of five categories: (a) thematic lines, (b) agency and positioning; (c) values and beliefs; (d) reflections and perspectives; and (e) plot and genre. Both agency and reflections point to actively resisting old age as an important characteristic of resilient older adults in the Czech Republic. This resistance is often allied with irony, but we have also found genres of heroic coping and affirmation of lucky moments. Key thematic lines were love of life, emphasis on the importance of movement and positive social relationships; key values expressed by the participants were relational, existential and spiritual.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA14-35577S" target="_blank" >GA14-35577S: Curative factors and efectiveness of group psychotherapy in Czech Republic</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Ageing & Society

ISSN

0144-686X

e-ISSN

1469-1779

Volume of the periodical

37

Issue of the periodical within the volume

9

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

25

Pages from-to

1849-1873

UT code for WoS article

000411704900005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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