Emerging Adult Women's Views-of-Self in Intimate Partner Relationships That Are Troubled.
Allison McCord Stafford, Claire Burke Draucker
PMID 30640564WHAT IT FOUND
Fourteen college women in troubled relationships described seeing themselves as silent, sacrificing, caretaking, or insecure.
They also described or wanted vocal, prioritized, boundary-setting, or secure selves. Nurses can ask about these patterns.
Key findings
01The stories identified four problematic views-of-self: silent, sacrificing, caretaking, and insecure.
02Twelve participants described a silent self and eleven described a sacrificing self.
03Women also described contrasting views-of-self they had adopted or wanted: vocal, prioritized, boundary-setting, and secure.
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they foundWhat it means for RNs
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What it does not show
The sample was small, with 14 women recruited from one university for convenience. Eleven participants were White, and the authors said the findings cannot be applied to non-college or minority women. The stories were written for a different purpose, in response to intervention prompts over four weeks, and the researchers did not interview participants to clarify or follow up. The typology needs further development and testing.
Declared interests
The authors reported no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as evidence that the WISER writing intervention works or that these self-views cause troubled relationships. It was a qualitative description from 14 women's stories written for another purpose, with no outcome testing.