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dc.contributor.authorHutton, Lauren
dc.contributor.authorOwnsworth, Tamara
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-12T02:43:48Z
dc.date.available2017-06-12T02:43:48Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn0960-2011
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09602011.2017.1292922
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/339581
dc.description.abstractYounger adults are more likely to survive after stroke and their life trajectory is often disrupted. This qualitative study aimed to explore the experience of sense of self and continuity in younger adults after stroke. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 adults (3 male, 7 female) with stroke onset between 18 and 55 years of age. Their interview transcripts were analysed using a phenomenological approach that involved idiographic and nomothetic stages of analysis. Two major themes emerged: (1) centrality of stroke; and (2) impacts of stroke on self. The first theme relates to how central the stroke is in participants’ lives. The second theme depicts ways in which stroke influences participants’ sense of self. In general, participants who perceived their stroke as having lower centrality also experienced continuity of self, whereas participants who viewed their stroke as higher in centrality experienced interruption of self which often co-existed with growth of self. However, perceptions of stroke centrality and the impacts on self shifted over time and context. These findings extend conceptualisations of post-stroke adjustment by indicating that the impact of stroke on sense of self during early to middle adulthood is linked to how central people perceive their stroke to be within their life story. Younger adults may simultaneously experience their sense of self as continuous, interrupted, and grown after stroke.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto16
dc.relation.ispartofjournalNeuropsychological Rehabilitation
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNeurosciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3209
dc.titleA qualitative investigation of sense of self and continuity in younger adults with stroke
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorOwnsworth, Tamara


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