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Issue 1, June 2017,
Volume 16 |
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Lene Bastrup Jørgensen, University of Aarhus, Denmark, Stine Leegaard Jepsen, University of Aarhus, Denmark, Bengt Fridlund, Jönköping University, Sweden, Judith A. Holton, Mount Allison University, Canada Abstract The aim of this study was to discover and elaborate a general substantive theory (GST) on the multidimensional behavioral process of coping with health issues. Intacting integrity while coping with health issues emerged as the core category of this GST. People facing health issues strive to safeguard and keep intact their integrity not only on an individual...