Configuración narrativa identitaria en adulto mayor por duelo. Una intervención en red

Abstract

This work is part of the macroproject Family Stories and Narratives in Diversity of Contexts of the Master of Clinical and Family Psychology. This is located in the line of research Psychology, human systems and mental health, which is attached to the research group Psychology, family and networks of the Faculty of Psychology of the USTA. This research-intervention seeks to understand the identity narrative configuration of older adult participants belonging to the Centro Día program in the Municipality of Chía-Cundinamarca, regarding the experience of mourning for the death of a loved one. A theoretical review was carried out deepening in the following concepts: older adult, identity narrative, grief over death and network intervention. At the methodological level, a second-order qualitative research was carried out with a phenomenological research design and systemic modeling. The research was carried out at the Day Center of the municipality of Chía with a group of three older adults and the team of professionals who work there. In the research-intervention process, six conversational spaces were created that, configuring generative dialogues, opening up significant changes in the construction of the identity narrative of the participants. Therefore, the contribution revolves around the construction and co-construction of the identity narrative of the elderly adult by contextualizing the grief for the loss of a loved one throughout the process and locating it in interaction with the network of professionals who work in the Day Center.