Analysis of their online messages revealed a recurring, universal theme that was reflected in
their descriptions of their attempts to reconstruct their lives to accommodate their illnesses.
This realization indicated a need to broaden the conceptual base for the intervention and to
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acknowledge that the overarching framework of the study was ‘adaptation to chronic
illness’ (Cudney, Winters, Weinert, & Anderson, 2005; Weinert et al., 2005).