The process to acquire the competence and skill to challenge for own future after diagnoses of the chronic diseases

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The purpose of this research was to identify the process of acquiring competence and skill to live after diagnoses in children with chronic diseases. The participants were 14 adolescents who experienced pediatric cancer (4 high school students, 7 college students, 3 members of society). The data collected through semi-structured interviews with participant observation was analyzed qualitatively based on the Grounded Theory Approach. 9 categories emerged in the process from data were "awareness of expanding health", "overcome of various losses", "acquiring of competence for mutual understanding", "continuation of emotional relationship", "coping for uncertainty", "acquiring of resiliency", "reinforcement of hope for future", "support based on solidarity", and "longing for the meaning for life". Further theoretical sampling should be needed for the theory on the process for the children with chronic conditions to live own future after diagnoses.