Ng, F. et al. (2022) How do recorded mental health recovery narratives create connection and improve hopefulness? Journal of Mental Health, 31(2), pp. 273-280. (doi: 10.1080/09638237.2021.2022627) (PMID:34983300)
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Abstract
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: 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: Independent studies were conducted in an experimental (n ¼ 40) and a clinical setting (n ¼ 13). In both studies, participants with mental health problems received recorded recovery narratives and rated impact on hopefulness and connection. Predictive characteristics were identified using multi-level modelling. 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: 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.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Additional Information: | This article is independent research funded by the NIHR under its Programme Grants for Applied Research Programme (Programme Grants for Applied Research, Personal experience as a recovery resource in psychosis: Narrative Experiences Online (NEON) Programme, RP-PG-0615-20016). MS acknowledges the support of the Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, University of South-Eastern Norway and the NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre. |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Callard, Professor Felicity |
Authors: | Ng, F., Newby, C., Robinson, C., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Yeo, C., Roe, J., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Smith, R., Booth, S., Bailey, S., Castelein, S., Callard, F., Arbour, S., and Slade, M. |
College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Geographical and Earth Sciences > Geography |
Journal Name: | Journal of Mental Health |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
ISSN: | 0963-8237 |
ISSN (Online): | 1360-0567 |
Published Online: | 05 January 2022 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2022 The Authors |
First Published: | First published in Journal of Mental Health 31(2): 273-280 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy |
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