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A Narrative Inquiry of the Lives of Middle-aged Couples Who Survived Traffic Accidents

  • Journal of Counseling and Gospel
  • Abbr : Jocag
  • 2024, 32(2), pp.39-73
  • DOI : 10.17841/jocag.2024.32.2.39
  • Publisher : Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology > Pastoral Counseling
  • Received : May 30, 2024
  • Accepted : July 11, 2024
  • Published : July 30, 2024

Kim, Jeong Ok 1 Kim Mi Kyung 2

1김정옥심리상담연구소
2서울한영대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study was conducted to narratively inquire into the lives of middle-aged couples who are traffic accident survivors, thereby exploring their experiences and meaning of life. The participants were middle-aged couples who had experienced traffic accidents and had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. The data were collected from March 2020 to October 2021, and a total of 14 in-depth interviews were performed with one to three hours per session. The study procedure followed Clandinin and Connelly's(2018) narrative inquiry method with the five-step cycle and the analysis was performed based on the three-dimensional inquiry space and the four types of directivity that Clandinin and Connelly presented. Also, the author analyzed the meaning of the 'life told by the participants' from their own perspectives. Through the story of surviving a traffic accident, the meaning of life of a middle-aged couple was derived into five, and this was discussed. Finally, understanding and follow-up studies of clients who suffered trauma in traffic accidents, psychological support, and counseling intervention were suggested.

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