The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experience of smokers hospitalized on a tobacco free psychiatric unit through the research methodology of phenomenology. The sample consisted of 3 participants: a 44 year old Caucasian female, a 36 year old Caucasian male, and a 38 year old Caucasian female. Interviews were audiotaped and analyzed using an adaptation of Colaizzi's eight-step procedure. Results included these Theme Categories: The Psychological Experience of Smoking Abstinence; The Physiological Experience of Smoking Abstinence; The Socio-Cultural Experience of Smoking and Its Abstinence; Spiritual Aspects of Smoking; How Do I Deal with Smoking Abstinence?; What about Smoking Cessation?; and Persisting Perceptions of a Tobacco Free Psychiatric Hospitalization. The essential structure of the lived experience of smokers hospitalized on a tobacco free psychiatric unit was formulated from the data.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/291794 |
| Date | January 1999 |
| Creators | Nolen, Judith Ellen, 1945- |
| Contributors | Glittenberg, Jo Ann E. |
| Publisher | The University of Arizona. |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Thesis-Reproduction (electronic) |
| Rights | Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. |
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