A Complexity Perspective on Narrative Identity Reconstruction in Mental Health Recovery.
Qual Health Res
; 30(4): 634-649, 2020 03.
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| ID: mdl-31729934
ABSTRACT
The issue of complex nonlinear change processes is one of the least understood aspects of recovery and one of the most difficult to apply in recovery-oriented health care. The purpose of this article is to explore the recovery stories of 17 mental health peer support workers to understand their narrative identity reconstruction in recovery using a complexity perspective. Using the Life Story Model of Identity (LSMI), a narrative thematic analysis of interviews suggests that self-mastery as part of personal agency is an important component of participants' narrative identity reconstruction. Self-mastery is particularly evident in redemptive story turning points (positive outcome follows negative experience). A complexity perspective suggests that participants realized their adaptive capacity in relation to self-mastery as part of recovery and that its use at story turning points critically influenced their recovery journey. Further exploring self-mastery as adaptive growth in narrative identity reconstruction appears to be a fruitful research direction.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pacientes
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Autoimagem
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Adaptação Psicológica
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Pessoal de Saúde
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Recuperação da Saúde Mental
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Transtornos Mentais
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article