Interpretive Biography

Becoming a mother of a child with cancer: building motherhood

“…These significantly important life experiences receive the name of epiphanies, interaction moments that influence directly the way individuals will act with and in their context. Interpretation is a process that searches for a meaning of an event or experience (9) .…”

“…Considering mothers in the situation of their children's cancer, interacting with other people, with the disease, and with themselves, we believe that the interaction perspective will enable, through interpretation, to know and understand the reality of being mother of a child with cancer defining and writing their history Data analysis: For data analysis, steps recommended by Interpretive Interactionism were followed (9) . When we try to understand the experience of being mothers of a children with cancer, we realize there is a interlink between parenthood and temporality, that is, between becoming full time mothers and playing the role of mothers and the time which is one of the essences in the construction of this role.…”

Extending the Critical Gerontology Perspective: Cultural Dimensions. Introduction

“…The challenges it poses for gerontology are described by Moody (1988). More general versions of such a critical theory program have been described as "critical research" (Mishler, 1986) or "analytic induction" (Strauss, 1990;Denzin, 1989). The critical theorists primary concern with social structure and order did not provide a clear view of the ways that dynamic interactions and competition among social groups lead to social change and shifts in cultural world views.…”

Modelling the Construction Technology Implementation Framework: An Empirical Study

“…These sampling methods are acceptable because the purpose of the interview was to elicit facts rather than to determine representative behaviour [20]. Based on the recommendations of Denzin [8] and Mathison [15], data triangulation is used to cross-validate findings by recruiting both customer and vendor representatives as participants. All of the data collected from the interviews was entered into NVivo, a software package that facilitates thematic analysis.…”