青年期にがんで親を亡くした人の死別後の気持ち : 闘病記をとおして

目的；青年期にがんで親を亡くした人の死別後の気持ちをあきらかにする．
方法；闘病記より，青年期にがんで親を亡くした人の死別後の気持ちが表現されている言動を，逐語録化し分析した．具体的には，前後の文脈と表現された言語の意味をコード化しカテゴリー化した．
結果；４つのカテゴリー，すなわち，１．親の死を受け止められない，２．親との生活を振り返る，３．進路や人生観が変化する，４．親のいない生活への適応，を抽出した．なお，それぞれのカテゴリーには複数のサブカテゴリーで構成されていた．
青年期に親と死別した人の気持ちは，学校（高校など）でも家でも感情の板挟みとなって葛藤を繰り返し，誰にも打ち明けられずに孤独に耐える．しかし，生前の親との時間や親の生きざまを想察することで，死と向き合い始める．また，その後の進路や人生観の変化も，生前の親からの学びが，対象者の気持ちに影響を及ぼしている．

Objective : The Objective of this study identified the feeding of young adults after they lost their parents who died of cancer.
Methods : Some of the young adult of these parents had recorded their fight against cancer in their own way, and we first extracted from their records the parts in which their feelings following their parents’ death were written down or the parts in which their feelings about their parents’ death were hinted in the form of what they said or did. We then transcribed these parts word for word, and made an analysis of them.
Results : We have found that these parts consist of four categories ： １） being unable to accept their parents’ death, ２） looking back on the life they led with their parents, ３） the change of their career or their outlook on life, and ４） adapting to the life in which their parents no longer exist. Each category comprises more than one subcategory.
Conclusions : It is important for nurses to understand and support the complicated feelings of those young adult whose parents died in young adult. It can be an effective suggestion in influencing the mental attitude the oung adult assume following their parents’ death.