The role of women's self‐injury support‐groups: a grounded theory

Corcoran, Jennifer A.; Mewse, Avril J.; Babiker, Gloria

doi:10.1002/casp.868

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“…A challenge to connectedness within online forums was illiteracy or issues with expressing oneself in writing (Gilzean ), suggesting a benefit of being able to verbalize (Corcoran et al . ), although participants in Rodham et al . 's () study expressed that participants felt more ‘safe’ to post discussions on self‐harm online, rather than talking about the act in the ‘real world’.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Connectedness was also aided by giving and receiving support on general issues not focussing on self‐harm, but embracing the person as more than just engaging in self‐injury (Corcoran et al . ).…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Corcoran et al . (, p. 44) found that witnessing a peer change, described as becoming ‘a whole person again’, progressed the hope of those who witnessed this transformation in support groups. This had more impact if the adult felt they were a valuable member of the group (Corcoran et al .…”

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confidence: 99%

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What activities might facilitate personal recovery for adults who continue to self‐harm? A meta‐synthesis employing the connectedness/hope and optimism/identity/meaning/empowerment framework

Deering

Williams

2017

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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Self-harm is an international concern. While treatment in health care focusses on methods to reduce the act, there is less exploration in how to assist adults who are unable to minimize their self-harm. In order to aid these people, in the present systematic review, we employed a qualitative meta-synthesis to explore the lived experience of what activities might facilitate personal recovery for adults who continue to self-harm. Findings were interpreted by drawing on the CHIME framework; a taxonomy of personal recovery comprising of connectedness, hope and optimism, identity, meaning and purpose, and empowerment. The located activities in the review converged on different support groups, and although face-to-face groups were discovered, the majority highlighted the benefits of Internet forums where mutuality and reciprocity were key to promoting personal recovery. Adults desired time to share accounts of themselves, to develop connection and identity. Furthermore, hope was established by group members accepting that self-harm has a role, while congregating with others who did not judge the act. Helping relationships also promoted hope by having a balance between goals and protection against disappointment. The nature of writing online seemingly had cathartic properties fostering meaning, alongside empowerment being facilitated by adults controlling the narrative of their self-harm. It is hoped that these insights might guide self-harm research to develop beyond the confines of minimizing self-injury in health care.

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What activities might facilitate personal recovery for adults who continue to self‐harm? A meta‐synthesis employing the connectedness/hope and optimism/identity/meaning/empowerment framework

Deering

Williams

2017

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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“…All these actions help the disease incorporation process, whether the disease is breast cancer (Gray, Fitch, Davis, & Phillips, 1997), sickle cell anemia (Butler & Beltran, 1993), a mental illness (Corcoran, Mewse, & Babiker, 2007), or any type of cancer (Ussher, Kirsten, Butow, & Sandoval, 2006).…”

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Accepting Being Poz: The Incorporation of the HIV Identity Into the Self

Baumgartner

David

2009

Qual Health Res

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In a previous study, the first author of the current study examined how people who were diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) when it was considered a terminal illness incorporated their HIV/AIDS identity into the self over time. In the qualitative study reported here, we examined HIV identity incorporation in participants diagnosed with HIV after 1996, when it was considered a chronic illness in the United States. We uncovered a three-step process: diagnosis, a postdiagnosis turning point, and integration. We compared and contrasted the results to those from the previous study and studies of other chronic illnesses. The findings advance our understanding of HIV/AIDS, chronic illness, and identity. Practical implications for HIV/AIDS educators are also discussed.

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“…For example, what might we have heard about mindfulness if we had asked participants to keep a video diary throughout their time in the group? 4 We also could have done more to help coconstruct with participants the way we made sense of the transcript material by way of respondent validation (see Corcoran, Mewse & Babiker, 2007).…”

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A Tool for Life? Mindfulness as self-help or safe uncertainty

Moss

Waugh

Barnes

2008

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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This article reports on a flexibly designed study evaluating the experience of participants with a range of health and life difficulties in a community-based mindfulness-training group. We describe the way we set up the group explicitly as a 'facilitated self help' group over 20 weeks in the environment of a community centre, with inclusive membership. We show similarities and differences in this approach with other mindfulness groups, in particular highlighting our desire to avoid presenting mindfulness as a ''treatment''. A thematic analysis was applied to transcribed audio-recordings from multiple talk-based data sources. The analysis showed that participants found the group to be a safe and productive space in which to learn and consolidate a new skill. Participants also described both the group and mindfulness itself as, at times, an uncertain and difficult challenge, partly connected with what could be described as the slippery nature of mindfulness. Participants reported the positive impact of mindfulness in facilitating both enhanced appreciation of everyday life experiences, and greater resilience in the face of difficulties. In the concluding sections we explore the implications of this ''slippery-ness'' and of our approach both to the group itself and the research process, and ponder the uncertainties and paradoxes of mindfulness as a ''tool for life''.

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The role of women's self‐injury support‐groups: a grounded theory

Cited by 9 publications

References 37 publications

What activities might facilitate personal recovery for adults who continue to self‐harm? A meta‐synthesis employing the connectedness/hope and optimism/identity/meaning/empowerment framework

What activities might facilitate personal recovery for adults who continue to self‐harm? A meta‐synthesis employing the connectedness/hope and optimism/identity/meaning/empowerment framework

Accepting Being Poz: The Incorporation of the HIV Identity Into the Self

A Tool for Life? Mindfulness as self-help or safe uncertainty

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