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Vol (number)	4(3)
title	A Life History Study on Middle-aged Women Experiencing Insomnia
author(s)	Sunghee Kwak·Moungil Jin·Seokbong Woo (Daejeon University)
Keywords	Middle-age women, insomnia, life history
Abstract	Th is study is a life history study on the experience of insomnia among middle-aged women. In the study, in-depth interviews were conducted to explore subjective inner world of the participants to understand the lives of people, experiencing insomnia and to come up with remedial measures. Middle-aged woman who had experienced insomnia until recently participated in the research and their experiences were analyzed, divided into “area of life”, “changeover point” and “adaptation” as suggested by Mandelbaum (1973). Th e study results showed that in the area of life, “warm family, beloved daughter, friends and health,” and “happy marriage, husband’s love” were defi ned. Based on these fi ndings, the researchers looked into what was the actual pain that the middle-aged women experienced with insomnia and how they came to accept and refl ect upon their life with the experience. In addition, the researchers attempted to understand the psychological and physical changes these women go through in the process of experiencing and overcoming insomnia. Th e study also provided psychological insights on the subjective inner world associated with the experience of insomnia and this is expected to be applied to psychotherapy counseling programs.
file	Sunghee Kwak·Moungil Jin·Seokbong Woo 4(3).pdf