Petmanship: Understanding Elderly Filipinos' Self-Perceived Health and Self-Esteem Captured from Their Lived Experiences with Pet Companions

Autor/inn/en	de Guzman, Allan B.; Cucueco, Denise S.; Cuenco, Ian Benedict V.; Cunanan, Nigel Gerome C.; Dabandan, Robel T.; Dacanay, Edgar Joseph E.
Titel	Petmanship: Understanding Elderly Filipinos' Self-Perceived Health and Self-Esteem Captured from Their Lived Experiences with Pet Companions
Quelle	In: Educational Gerontology, 35 (2009) 11, S.963-989 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1277
Schlagwörter	Self Efficacy; Animals; Older Adults; Asian Culture; Self Esteem; Self Concept; Phenomenology; Experience; Interviews; Social Influences; Freehand Drawing; Well Being; Philippines + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Älterer Erwachsener; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Selbstkonzept; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Erfahrung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Sozialer Einfluss; Drawing; Zeichnen; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Philippinen
Abstract	Understanding of the lived experiences of geriatric clients with pets, particularly in the Western cultures, has been the subject of many studies. However, little is known about how Asian cultures, particularly the Filipino elderly, view their experiences with their pets in regard to their self-esteem and self-perceived health. This phenomenological study purports to capture the essence of the lived experiences of a select group of Filipino elderly with their pet companions in relation to their self-perceived health and self-esteem. A total of five Filipino elderly recruited from the Luzon area were involved in this study and were chosen through the snowballing technique. A three-part instrument was made by the researchers to gather data, namely "robotfoto," semistructured interviews, and doodling activities. Field texts were analyzed via structural analysis through the aid of dendogram. Results of both cool and warm analysis have eidetically and interestingly described how the new coinage of petmanship, as introduced in the study, surfaced the functional and the instrumental views of pets relative to the elderly's self-esteem, vis-a-vis their Self-Efficacy Booster and Social Proactivity Builder roles in regard to self-perceived health. The metaphorical images drawn by the Filipino elderly surfaced the Roles Syndrome of Petmanship and the Rules Syndrome of Petmanship. (Contains 3 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10