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Kagle, Jill Doner Chadha, Janice Hays 2011-05-07T12:32:11Z 2011-05-07T12:32:11Z 10000-01-01 1995 This qualitative, exploratory study was conducted to discover the lived experiences of liver transplant recipients as they understand the emotional processes of self-redefinition and coping. Twelve liver transplant recipients and their emotional associates were interviewed over a two-year period using scheduled, unstructured questioning to learn their lived experiences through personal stories. These interviews provided insight into the interactive processes of self-redefinition in response to the threat of fatal disease, miraculous but uncertain reprieve, and guarded recovery. Data were analyzed using interpretive interaction methodology. There were two significant findings. First, categorical emotional epiphanies that produced profound intrapersonal and relational changes were delineated. Second, a process of unshared internal dialogues that produce unilateral shifts in emotion and attitude in relationship was discovered. Finally, this model of emotional re-structuring provides information necessary for informed consumer and clinical decision-making and provides a base point for examining generalizability to other catastrophic disease experiences. Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:32:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4922 bytes, checksum: 910b249b4beec47e7ab768910c8f966f (MD5) 9624304.pdf: 10438247 bytes, checksum: c8b380d77f01dc2c5a4a6c3e32ea3e95 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1995 Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Howard Ding (hding2@illinois.edu) on 2011-05-07T14:42:20Z Item is restricted indefinitely. Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:18:23-05:00 Original Data Group with Access UIUC Users [automated] Release Date: none Reason: ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission U of I Only AAI9624304 (UMI)AAI9624304 http://hdl.handle.net/2142/20205 eng Copyright 1995 Chadha, Janice Hays Sociology, Theory and Methods Social Work The personal experiences of liver transplant and the interactive processes of self-redefinition text Social Work Social Work University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.