Men’s gendered experiences of rehabilitation and recovery following traumatic brain injury: A reflexive thematic analysis

D’Souza, Andrea; Fabricius, Alexis; Amodio, Vanessa; Colquhoun, Heather; Lewko, John H.; Haag, Halina; Quilico, Enrico; Archambault, Patrick; Colantonio, Angela; Mollayeva, Tatyana

doi:10.1080/09602011.2020.1822882

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“…Following organic discussions and agreement within the research team, four themes, and sub-themes were discerned. For brevity, and consistent with other published academic papers, we selected pertinent examples, which were typical of “participants” (e.g., D’Souza et al, 2020 ; Campbell et al, 2021 ; Gibson et al, 2021 ).…”

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“…RTA was selected because it can identify patterns within a data set, while permitting conceptually informed interpretation of meaning. Since RTA is not restricted by methodological commitments, analysts are able to draw on the theoretical framework of their choosing to make sense of data ( D’Souza et al, 2020 ).…”

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“…Within the present study, the authors viewed self-processed paranormal ability as a “psychological” rather than parapsychological process, analysis was broadly informed by an attributional approach ( Drinkwater et al, 2019 ; O’Keeffe et al, 2019 ; Laythe et al, 2021 ). This acknowledges how the social perceiver uses information to construct and rationalise deterministic inferences and explanations (see D’Souza et al, 2020 ). Central to this, is how participants collate and integrate information to produce causal judgements, which shape and structure ability-related experience, meanings, and assumptions ( Braun and Clarke, 2013 ).…”

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Self-Ascribed Paranormal Ability: Reflexive Thematic Analysis

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This study investigated personal perceptions (involvements) and comprehensions (interpretations) of self-ascribed paranormal abilities. Twelve participants with supposed supernatural powers took part in semi-structured interviews exploring the origin, phenomenology, and nature of their powers. Interview transcripts were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis (RTA), a qualitative method that identifies patterns within data. Four major themes expressed meanings and representations held by participants: Formative Influences (sub-themes: Gifted Family Members and Anomalous Occurrence), (Inter) Subjective Paranormal Experience (sub-themes: Transcendental/Mystic and Extra-Sensory Perception), Embodied Processes (sub-theme: Control), and Perception of Reality (two sub-themes: Self-Awareness and Fantastic/Surreal Perceptions). Consideration of themes identified an inextricable link between perception, interpretation, and belief in ability. Within narratives, interviewees outlined, contextualised, and established the validity of their powers. They drew upon supporting autobiographical evidence from their life histories and obfuscated and/or discounted conventional explanations. Generally, accounts reflected individual attempts to comprehend and justify the nature and experience of professed abilities. The authors discuss these processes and suggest ways to extend and develop ensuing research.

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“…Several arguments suggested the potential role of gender inequality in widening the outcome disparities between the sexes with TBI, with significantly different cultural perspectives and social roles/responsibilities impacting the experience of injury. As a social process, gender defines women, often with emphasis on the domestic sphere and related tasks (e.g., motherhood and providing care), (110,111) and men with an emphasis on courage, emotional restraint, risk-taking, and pursuit of success (112,113). Thus, researching the effect of sex/gender in TBI requires a model that considers the influences of belief systems in various cultures, and social roles, responsibilities, and relationship perceptions (111,113,114).…”

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“…As a social process, gender defines women, often with emphasis on the domestic sphere and related tasks (e.g., motherhood and providing care), (110,111) and men with an emphasis on courage, emotional restraint, risk-taking, and pursuit of success (112,113). Thus, researching the effect of sex/gender in TBI requires a model that considers the influences of belief systems in various cultures, and social roles, responsibilities, and relationship perceptions (111,113,114).…”

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Systematic Review of Sex and Gender Effects in Traumatic Brain Injury: Equity in Clinical and Functional Outcomes

Mollayeva

Pacheco

et al. 2021

Front. Neurol.

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Background: Although traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability in male and female patients worldwide, little is known about the effect of sex and gender on TBI outcomes.Objectives: This systematic review summarizes the evidence on the effect of sex and gender on core TBI outcomes.Methods: All English-language studies from six literature databases that addressed core outcomes in adults with TBI and included sex or gender, TBI severity, and age in their analyses were considered eligible. Two reviewers extracted data, and two reviewers assessed study quality using tools recommended by the National Institutes of Health. The results were sorted according to time post-injury, injury severity, gender equity ranking of the study's country of origin, and outcomes studied. The results from the included studies were grouped based on the approach taken in reporting their respective findings.Results and Limitations: Of 172 articles assessed, 58 studies were selected, comprising 1, 265, 955 participants with TBI (67% male across all studies) of all injury severities. All studies were conducted in countries with a very high or high human development index, while the Gender Inequality Index (GII) varied. While the heterogeneity across studies limited any meaningful conclusions with respect to the role of sex and gender, we did observe that as gender equality ranking improved, differences between male and female participants in outcomes would diminish. Inclusion of social equity parameters in the studies was limited.Conclusions and Implications: The non-uniform findings observed bring forth the need to develop and use a comprehensive and consistent methodology in the study of sex and gender post-TBI, incorporating social equity parameters to uncover the potential social underpinnings of gender effects on health and functional outcomes.Systematic Review Registration: CRD42018098697.

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Initiating the dialogue between infant mental health and family therapy: a qualitative inquiry and recommendations

Opie,

Booth,

Rossen

et al. 2023

ANZ J of Family Therapy

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This qualitative study explores infant‐family mental health experts' perspectives and experiences regarding the inclusion of infants in the family therapy setting. Infant socioemotional development is relational in nature and evolves in the context of both dyadic attachment relationships and broader multi‐person co‐parenting systems. Given this, we sought to understand why family therapy interventions involving families with infants rarely include the infant in a triangular or family systemic approach. Interviews were completed by clinical and/or research experts whose work integrates tenets of both infant mental health (IMH) and family theory and therapy. All interviewees brought at least 5 years of expertise and were actively engaged in the field. Interviewees expressed consistent beliefs that infants have a rightful and helpful place in family therapy approaches. They maintained that infants' innate social drive and communicative capacities position them to make meaningful and clinically significant contributions within family and systemic psychotherapy contexts. Noting that infants have remained on the periphery of these practices, experts advocated expansion and greater integration between IMH and family therapy, while preserving each field's distinctive identity. Experts reported that the interplay between IMH and family therapy fields has been uni‐directional as family systems concepts are embedded within IMH approaches, but few IMH premises are incorporated in mainstream family therapy practices. The disconnect was attributed to multiple factors, including graduate and professional training and theoretical, clinical, research, and sociocultural barriers, which were mutually reinforcing. Experts also identified clinical gains for both infants and family members when infants were meaningfully included in family interventions. Common ground was identified between the disciplines, with a belief that relationally distressed young children and parents are best served by clinical engagement with their network of relationships. Results call for greater collaboration between disciplines to challenge existing traditions and to more fully include infants in mainstream family therapy. Recommendations for integration of family therapy and IMH in clinical, theoretical, research, training, and sociocultural domains are offered.

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Men’s gendered experiences of rehabilitation and recovery following traumatic brain injury: A reflexive thematic analysis

Cited by 17 publications

References 23 publications

Self-Ascribed Paranormal Ability: Reflexive Thematic Analysis

Self-Ascribed Paranormal Ability: Reflexive Thematic Analysis

Systematic Review of Sex and Gender Effects in Traumatic Brain Injury: Equity in Clinical and Functional Outcomes

Initiating the dialogue between infant mental health and family therapy: a qualitative inquiry and recommendations

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