Complexity Embodied: Using Body Mapping to Understand Complex Support Needs

Dew, Angela; Smith, Louisa; Collings, Susan; Savage, Isabella Dillon

doi:10.17169/fqs-19.2.2929

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“…Prompts included how it felt to be within their body, premenstrual changes, feelings about the body and coping and the location of these experiences, sensations or emotions within the body. Women were offered the option of having their body traced onto a large sheet of paper or to use a pre-drawn outline (Dew et al, 2018). Participants used arts supplies to represent experiences on the body-map, including paint, markers, glitter, crayons, pencils and magazines.…”

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“…The coding frame was developed, tested and refined, and all of the data was coded using NVivo software. Images of body-maps were coded with participants' body-map descriptions and interview data, following recommendations by Dew et al (2018). A coding summary was created, in which each coded set of data was summarised with reference to individual participant accounts.…”

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“…Body-mapping has been used across a range of areas and is effective in drawing attention to participants' embodied experience (De Jager et al, 2016). This is because it provides the opportunity for participants to pinpoint and visually display the areas of their body in which feelings and sensations are experienced, allowing for a rich description of embodied experience without the constraints of language (Dew et al, 2018). The aim of the present study was to answer the research question; how do women who report premenstrual body dissatisfaction construct and experience their premenstrual body?…”

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Mapping the abject: Women's embodied experiences of premenstrual body dissatisfaction through body-mapping

Ryan

Ussher

Hawkey

2022

Feminism & Psychology

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Women's body shame and body dissatisfaction increase in the premenstrual phase of the cycle, associated with premenstrual distress. However, the meaning and consequences of premenstrual body dissatisfaction remain underexplored. The aim of this study was to explore how women who report premenstrual body dissatisfaction construct and experience their bodies, using qualitative arts-based methods. Four hundred and sixty women completed online open-ended survey questions and 16 women took part in body-mapping and an interview. Thematic analysis identified three major themes: construction of the premenstrual body as abject, manifested by positioning of the body and self as fat, leaking and dirty; self-policing and self-regulation through increased scrutinising and concealment of the premenstrual body; and resistance of cultural constructions of idealised femininity. These findings emphasise the need to acknowledge changes in body dissatisfaction across the menstrual cycle, and the implication for women's feelings about the self. Internalisation of negative constructions of the female body plays a role in women's experience of premenstrual change and distress. There is a need for further research to examine the role of body management behaviours in premenstrual body dissatisfaction and distress.

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Ryan

Ussher

Hawkey

2022

Feminism & Psychology

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“…Arts-based methods are theoretically grounded in ethnography, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and arts-based research [33][34][35][36] . Involving a wide array of approaches, arts-based methods can be broadly described as forms of data collection where participants may curate, create, or respond to imagery or other forms of creative expression (e.g.…”

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“…These methods include a wide range of mediums, from dance to sculpture, though the most common are photography and drawing (as used in autophotography, photovoice, visual diaries, and draw-and-write). This suite of arts-based methods reduces reliance on spoken data and participants' ability to articulate lived experience 37 ; is appealing and interesting to participants; and centres and empowers participant voices by providing them greater agency in how they engage with the researcher 33,38 . At each interview, participants will have the opportunity to choose how their personally-generated materials are used by researchers.…”

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Mapping young people’s journeys through mental health services: a prospective longitudinal qualitative study protocol

Pilbeam

Walsh

Barnes

et al. 2022

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Mental ill health is a major health risk for young people. There is unmet need for mental health assessment and treatment across Australia despite significant investment in government-funded plans to cover mental health and youth-oriented services. Understandings of mental health care for young people are impeded by a lack of longitudinal research. Without this research, it is difficult to understand how services do or do not support the recovery of young people over time. This project will analyse the healthcare journeys of young people aged 16-25 years experiencing their first significant episode of mental ill health, over 12 months in the Australian Capital Territory. The study team will recruit up to 25 diverse young people and their general practitioners (GPs), and conduct four qualitative semi-structured interviews over 12 months with each participant. GP interviews will explore their role in the mental health care and care coordination for the young person. Interviews with young people will explore experiences and perceptions of navigating the health system, and the supports and resources they engaged with during the 12-month period. In between interviews, young people will be asked to keep a record of their mental health care experiences, through their choice of media. Participant-produced materials will also form the basis for interviews, providing stimuli to discuss the lived experience of care. Through analysing the narratives of both young people and their GPs, the study will establish how young people understand value in mental health care delivery. The study will use longitudinal qualitative mapping of healthcare journeys to identify key barriers and enablers to establishing effective, person-centred health care for young people with mental ill health.

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Transcending the Professional–Client Divide: Supporting Young People with Complex Support Needs Through Transitions

Ellem

Smith

Baidawi

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Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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Young people with complex support needs frequently experience multiple intersecting forms of disadvantage including experiences of violence, abuse and neglect, housing instability and homelessness, problematic substance use, exclusion from education, and contact with the criminal justice system. Many of these young people have mental health, cognitive disability and/or other health issues that also impact on their lives. These young people need to navigate multiple, diverse, and often difficult transitions between services, adding to the existing chaos in their lives. This article explores the experiences of young people with complex support needs in transition, specifically young people's viewpoints and experiences of supports they receive from paid professionals. This qualitative study used body mapping research methods and in-depth interviews with 38 young people aged 16 to 26 years in three Australian states. Helpful and trusting paid relationships could serve as an anchor to young people during complex transitions and other highly turbulent life periods. These relationships were contingent on a deep and non-judgmental knowing of the young person, contributed constructive outcomes and stability in young people's lives, and for some young people, had 'life-saving' effects. These findings present opportunities and challenges for policymakers and practitioners to balance the tensions between authentic relationship-based work with young people and risk-averse, economically-driven imperatives in contemporary youth service provision.

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Complexity Embodied: Using Body Mapping to Understand Complex Support Needs

Cited by 19 publications

References 20 publications

Mapping the abject: Women's embodied experiences of premenstrual body dissatisfaction through body-mapping

Mapping the abject: Women's embodied experiences of premenstrual body dissatisfaction through body-mapping

Mapping young people’s journeys through mental health services: a prospective longitudinal qualitative study protocol

Transcending the Professional–Client Divide: Supporting Young People with Complex Support Needs Through Transitions

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