The bond of silence : women in the transition to the second half of life

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dc.contributor.advisorKellerman, A Men_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSidi, Gilaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-17T10:01:26Z
dc.date.available2015-07-17T10:01:26Z
dc.date.issued1990en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 385-404.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAdulthood, and particularly, women's adult developmental stages are still an undeveloped area of research (Levinson, 1978; Chiriboga, 1981, 1989). There are studies about the menopause, the "empty nest syndrome", the "double standard" of aging, as well as middle-aged women's need for growth and expansion. However, these issues are controversial (Bart, 1971; Chiriboga, 1981, 1989; Datan, Antonovsky & Maoz, 1981; Downing, 1987a; Neugarten, 1969; Rubin 1979). 1968a, Achieving a greater understanding of the experience of this phase in a woman's life became therefore the core purpose of this study. Glaser and Strauss's (1967) Grounded Theory was chosen as the method because it is geared towards discovering new theories in relatively unknown areas of human behaviour. The sample which evolved as the study proceeded, reached saturation point and ended with a sample of 79 white middle class women. In the process of constantly analyzing and comparing the data, five different groups of women emerged: a group of housewives and four categories of working women, viz. career women, traditional workers, late bloomers and early retired. An additional division according to their menopausal status ended with four groups: pre-, peri- and post menopausal women, and a group of women who had undergone hysterectomies.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSidi, G. (1990). <i>The bond of silence : women in the transition to the second half of life</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13542en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSidi, Gila. <i>"The bond of silence : women in the transition to the second half of life."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13542en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSidi, G. 1990. The bond of silence : women in the transition to the second half of life. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Sidi, Gila AB - Adulthood, and particularly, women's adult developmental stages are still an undeveloped area of research (Levinson, 1978; Chiriboga, 1981, 1989). There are studies about the menopause, the "empty nest syndrome", the "double standard" of aging, as well as middle-aged women's need for growth and expansion. However, these issues are controversial (Bart, 1971; Chiriboga, 1981, 1989; Datan, Antonovsky & Maoz, 1981; Downing, 1987a; Neugarten, 1969; Rubin 1979). 1968a, Achieving a greater understanding of the experience of this phase in a woman's life became therefore the core purpose of this study. Glaser and Strauss's (1967) Grounded Theory was chosen as the method because it is geared towards discovering new theories in relatively unknown areas of human behaviour. The sample which evolved as the study proceeded, reached saturation point and ended with a sample of 79 white middle class women. In the process of constantly analyzing and comparing the data, five different groups of women emerged: a group of housewives and four categories of working women, viz. career women, traditional workers, late bloomers and early retired. An additional division according to their menopausal status ended with four groups: pre-, peri- and post menopausal women, and a group of women who had undergone hysterectomies. DA - 1990 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1990 T1 - The bond of silence : women in the transition to the second half of life TI - The bond of silence : women in the transition to the second half of life UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13542 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSidi G. The bond of silence : women in the transition to the second half of life. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1990 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13542en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPsychologyen_ZA
dc.titleThe bond of silence : women in the transition to the second half of lifeen_ZA
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