'Feeling part of things': Personal construction of self after brain injury

Autor:	Kendra Shaw, Fergus Gracey, Jo Cope, Siobhan Palmer, Becky Rous, Kate Psaila, Shemin Mohamed, Juliette O’Dell
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Adult Male media_common.quotation_subject Emotions Self-concept Identity (social science) Developmental psychology Social group Young Adult Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Adaptation Psychological medicine Humans Social identity theory Acquired brain injury Applied Psychology media_common Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Rehabilitation Reproducibility of Results Middle Aged medicine.disease Self Concept Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Feeling Brain Injuries Case-Control Studies Personal identity Female Thematic analysis Psychology Personality
Zdroj:	Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 18:627-650
ISSN:	1464-0694 0960-2011
DOI:	10.1080/09602010802041238
Popis:	There is a growing body of literature on the nature of subjective changes experienced following brain injury. This study employs personal construct and qualitative research methods to address the question of how people make sense of, or construe, themselves after brain injury. Thirty-two individuals who had experienced acquired brain injury engaged in small group exercises based on a personal construct approach. Bipolar constructs were elicited through systematic comparison of pre-injury, current and ideal selves. The constructs elicited in this way were subjected to a thematic analysis. Nine themes were derived and an acceptable level of reliability of the definitions of these themes achieved. The highest proportion of constructs fell into the theme "experience of self in the world", followed by "basic skills" (cognitive, sensory, physical, social) and "experience of self in relation to self". It is concluded that following brain injury, people make sense of themselves in terms of the meanings and felt experiences of social and practical activity. This is consistent with social identity theory and stands in contrast to traditional neuropsychological sense making in terms of impairments and abilities alone, or activity or social participation alone. The implications of these findings for future research and rehabilitation are briefly considered.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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