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The Humanbecoming Concept Inventing Model: Feeling Afraid.
1Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Binghamton University, Johnson, NY, USA.
Nursing Science Quarterly
|October 21, 2025
Summary
Feeling afraid is understood as paralyzing hesitation due to uncertain social connections. This research reframes fear as the language of connection and separation, enriching nursing knowledge.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Qualitative Research
- Human Experience
Background:
- Fear is a universal human experience.
- Understanding the phenomenon of fear is crucial in nursing practice.
- Existing models may not fully capture the lived experience of fear.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the phenomenon of feeling afraid using the humanbecoming concept inventing model.
- To uncover the 'now-truth' of feeling afraid.
- To articulate fear within the humanbecoming paradigm.
Main Methods:
- Simultaneous immersion with explicit-tacit knowings.
- Exploration with pattern preferences.
- Explication with pondering possibles.
Main Results:
- The 'now-truth' of fear was identified as 'paralyzing hesitation arising with daunting uncertainties of dissociating affiliations'.
- Fear was reframed as 'languaging the originating of connecting-separating'.
- Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' (1893) was used as an artform to represent fear.
Conclusions:
- This study provides a novel understanding of fear as a universal humanuniverse living experience.
- The findings enrich nursing knowledge by offering a new perspective on the experience of fear.
- The humanbecoming model offers a valuable framework for exploring complex human experiences in nursing.
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