How do recorded mental health recovery narratives create connection and improve hopefulness?
Mental health recovery
connection
hope
narratives
predictors
Journal
Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England)
ISSN: 1360-0567
Titre abrégé: J Ment Health
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9212352
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2022
Apr 2022
Historique:
pubmed:
6
1
2022
medline:
30
3
2022
entrez:
5
1
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Mental health recovery narratives are an active ingredient of recovery-oriented interventions such as peer support. Recovery narratives can create connection and hope, but there is limited evidence on the predictors of impact. The aim of this study was to identify characteristics of the narrator, narrative content and participant which predict the short-term impact of recovery narratives on participants. Independent studies were conducted in an experimental ( The experimental study found that narratives portraying a narrator as living well with mental health problems that is intermediate between no and full recovery, generated higher self-rated levels of hopefulness. Participants from ethnic minority backgrounds had lower levels of connection with narrators compared to participants from a white background, potentially due to reduced visibility of a narrator's diversity characteristics. Narratives describing partial but not complete recovery and matching on ethnicity may lead to a higher impact. Having access to narratives portraying a range of narrator characteristics to maximise the possibility of a beneficial impact on connection and hopefulness.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Mental health recovery narratives are an active ingredient of recovery-oriented interventions such as peer support. Recovery narratives can create connection and hope, but there is limited evidence on the predictors of impact.
AIMS
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to identify characteristics of the narrator, narrative content and participant which predict the short-term impact of recovery narratives on participants.
METHOD
METHODS
Independent studies were conducted in an experimental (
RESULTS
RESULTS
The experimental study found that narratives portraying a narrator as living well with mental health problems that is intermediate between no and full recovery, generated higher self-rated levels of hopefulness. Participants from ethnic minority backgrounds had lower levels of connection with narrators compared to participants from a white background, potentially due to reduced visibility of a narrator's diversity characteristics.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Narratives describing partial but not complete recovery and matching on ethnicity may lead to a higher impact. Having access to narratives portraying a range of narrator characteristics to maximise the possibility of a beneficial impact on connection and hopefulness.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34983300
doi: 10.1080/09638237.2021.2022627
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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