EXPLORING THE EXPERIENCE OF TIME PASSING FOR PERSONS WITH HIV DISEASE: PARSE'S THEORY GUIDED RESEARCH (IMMUNE DEFICIENCY, ROSEMARIE R. PARSE).
Contributors: University of Texas at Austin.
Published: 1995
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Psychology, General.
Description: The phenomenon of interest in this study was the experience of time passing as lived and described by nine persons with HIV disease. Parse's (1987a) research method was used to generate a structure of time passing consisting of three core concepts. These core concepts were structurally integrated and conceptually interpreted in light of Parse's (1981, 1992a) human becoming theory of nursing. The structure of the lived experience of time passing was found to be "lumbering-hastening tempos clarify opportunities and constraints as focused attention on gratifications surface in light of diminishing-expanding possibles". When integrated with the theory, the meaning of time passing is, "emergent resolve for moving beyond prompts cherished indulgences surfacing rhythmical patterns of unfolding consequence". Conceptual interpretation led to the theoretical structure of time passing, which is, "powering the valuing of enabling-limiting".

The first concept, "lumbering-hastening tempos clarify opportunities and constraints", elucidated the rhythmic interplay of flow, cadence, and consequence. For participants in this study, the slowing, speeding, and disappearing nature of time passing revealed the preciousness of time passing, enabling them to move in one direction and away from another all at once. When living with HIV disease, the preciousness of time passing surfaced the discovery of opportunities and constraints.

The second core concept in time passing that surfaced in this study was "focused attention on gratifications". As persons envisoned having "less time" and living with the imaged restrictions associated with HIV progression, they chose to turn their attentions to prized relationships and fulfilling activities while avoiding alternate ways of being that they considered to be "a waste of time.".

The third core concept in time passing was "diminishing-expanding possibles", the process of changing personal perspectives and creating multiple possibilities amidst advancing visions of restrictions and hardships linked with HIV disease. This was a rhythmical process of moving onward in life in the face of constricting-expanding possibilities that were threatened and strengthened by the challenges of HIV all at once.

Findings from this study offer new understanding and insights about the lived experience of time passing. Recommendations for further research are suggested.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-06, Section: B, page: 3129.

Thesis (PH.D.)--THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, 1995.

School code: 0227.