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  • The Importance of Hope in Coping with Severe Acquired Disability

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    Dorsett, Pat
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    Dorsett, Pat
    Year published
    2010
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    Abstract
    Background: Traditionally adjustment to a serious injury such as spinal cord injury has been conceptualised as staged process of grieving. Hope in this tradition is commonly defined as denial and considered counterproductive to positive adjustment. These concepts were challenged as the author observed the strength of client's hope in the face of extremely confronting physical, social and environmental following spinal cord injury. Purpose: This paper presents qualitative data about the role of hope from the perspective of the person with spinal cord injury and then considers theoretical and clinical aspects of hope in the ...
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    Background: Traditionally adjustment to a serious injury such as spinal cord injury has been conceptualised as staged process of grieving. Hope in this tradition is commonly defined as denial and considered counterproductive to positive adjustment. These concepts were challenged as the author observed the strength of client's hope in the face of extremely confronting physical, social and environmental following spinal cord injury. Purpose: This paper presents qualitative data about the role of hope from the perspective of the person with spinal cord injury and then considers theoretical and clinical aspects of hope in the coping process. Method: This data presented is a subset of data from a ten year longitudinal year study of a sample of 46 people with spinal cord injury. Semi structured qualitative interviews were conducted at discharge from hospital, six, 12, 24, 36 months post discharge and again at ten years post discharge. Results: 73% of the participants identified hope as an essential factor that helped them cope following their injury. Three main foci of hope emerged from the data set: 1.Hope for a complete recovery; 2.Hope for a cure; 3.Hope for a satisfying quality of life. Conclusion: Hope emerged as a strong theme in the overall adjustment and coping process. Clinical implications for working with people who sustain spinal cord injury are discussed. It is recommended that interventions which support and facilitate hope need to be developed and tested.
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    Journal Title
    Australian Social Work
    Volume
    63
    Issue
    1
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/03124070903464293
    Copyright Statement
    © 2010 Routledge. This is the author-manuscript version of the paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.Please refer to the journal link for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Specialist studies in education
    Policy and administration
    Social work
    Clinical social work practice
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/33251
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