The experience of the intimate dyad after weight loss surgery: a qualitative description
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Kristen Grady Barbee (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Susan Letvak
Abstract: This qualitative descriptive study was performed to describe the experience of both members of the intimate dyad after one member had weight loss surgery. A convenience sample of ten dyads was recruited by snowballing sampling techniques through the researcher's personal contacts. Bodenmann's Theory of Dyadic Coping (2005) informed the data collection and analysis. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with each individual member of the dyad. Data from the individual interviews were analyzed using Colaizzi's (1978) method of data analysis; dyadic analysis was performed on each dyad's interviews using the method outlined by Eisikovits and Koren (2010). Four main themes were found: (1) no longer a slave to food; (2) good and bad; (3) surgery is just a tool, not the solution; and (4) support and accommodation.
The experience of the intimate dyad after weight loss surgery: a qualitative description
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 2012
- Keywords
- Dyadic Analysis, Intimate Dyad, Lived Experience, Qualitative Description, Weight Loss Surgery
- Subjects
- Obesity $x Surgery $x Research
- Weight loss $x Research
- Dyadic analysis (Social sciences) $x Research