Institutional Repository  Individuation and connection in
mother-daughter relationships  UnisaIR/Manakin Repository  Show
simple item record  dc.contributor.advisor Rapmund, Valerie Joan
en Hsu, Shu-Chun, M.A. en 2009-08-25T10:53:15Z
2009-08-25T10:53:15Z 2009-08-25T10:53:15Z 2005-11-30 en
dc.description.abstract The purpose of this study is to explore
the processes of individuation and connection in mother-daughter
relationships, and describe how these relationships may or may
not be facilitated by the intervention of reflections and joint
narratives. This study used social constructionism as the
epistemological framework and involved in-depth interviews with
three mother-daughter pairs. Hermeneutics was used to analyse
the data. The participants' experiences were recounted through
the researcher's lens in the form of themes that characterised
their relationships as well as interactional patterns.
Participant's experiences of the research process, and what the
researcher believed were helpful and unhelpful be