Naturalistic Interview Reflection

My next topic of discussion was my interviewee’s marital status. When I asked her, her answer to me was that she was sepeated from her husband. Mary then went on to explain to me that her and her husband separated the week after their daughter Anna got married. I asked her why now, 50 years later, haven’t gotten a divorce? Her answer to me what that there was no need to, because they still remain on good terms and talk, they just realized they weren’t for each other. They both remain alone, he lives in Florida, and she lives here in Tennessee. When telling me about her husband she told me that they were arranged when she was 17 back in Colombia, and one of the reasons that lead to their separation was due to the verbal and physical behavior …show more content…
I was able to observe and watch carefully my interviewee as I recorded what they said and watched their body language through a naturalistic observation. I made a self report, which was my interviewee’s answers to questions of the specific topics of interest, which consisted of physical changes, illness, memory, marital status, and grandparenthood as one ages. This self report provided me with information on the topics of interest and allowed me to further understand aging first hand though the eyes of an older adult. This interview also helped me better understand that culture and ethnicity plays a big role in the aging process. I saw that Maria had a great sociocultural support system due to her extended and close family relations. This served as a great venue of financial and childcare support in her family, resulting in Mary never really having the feeling of loneliness that comes with aging as the people around you start leaving or