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Narrating disability, narrating religious practice: reconciliation and fragile X syndrome.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20597744     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This article examines the place of religion in the narratives of mothers of children with fragile X syndrome. In semistructured interviews, a majority of women combined narratives of religious practice with illness narratives, interpreting their children's disabilities within a religious framework. Informed by Arthur Frank's (1995) concept of "wounded storytellers," the authors articulate a reconciliation narrative that mothers commonly used to describe their transition from viewing disability as a burden or challenge to seeing it as a blessing, or as a part of God's purpose or plan for their lives. The authors discuss the significance of narrative for better understanding religious perspectives on disability and conclude with the implications of these findings for practitioners and future research.
Authors:
Marsha Michie; Debra Skinner
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Intellectual and developmental disabilities     Volume:  48     ISSN:  1934-9491     ISO Abbreviation:  Intellect Dev Disabil     Publication Date:  2010 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-07-05     Completed Date:  2010-08-04     Revised Date:  2011-09-26    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101299965     Medline TA:  Intellect Dev Disabil     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  99-111     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Center for Genomics and Society, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 27599-7240, USA. michie@unc.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adaptation, Psychological*
Adult
Anxiety / diagnosis,  psychology
Caregivers / psychology*
Child
Child Rearing
Child, Preschool
Cost of Illness*
Depression / diagnosis,  psychology
Disabled Children / psychology*
Female
Fragile X Syndrome / genetics,  psychology*
Heterozygote Detection
Humans
Infant
Interview, Psychological
Male
Middle Aged
Mothers / psychology*
Narration*
Religion and Psychology*
Social Support
Young Adult
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
5P50HG004488/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS; P30 HD003110-36S1/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; P30 HD003110-S1/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; P50 HG004488-01/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS
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