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dc.contributor.authorOwnsworth, Tamara
dc.contributor.authorChambers, Suzanne
dc.contributor.authorHawkes, Anna
dc.contributor.authorWalker, David G
dc.contributor.authorShum, David
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:37:16Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:37:16Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2011-08-11T06:04:36Z
dc.identifier.issn0960-2011
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09602011.2010.537073
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/39839
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated personal and social processes of adjustment at different stages of illness for individuals with brain tumour. A purposive sample of 18 participants with mixed tumour types (9 benign and 9 malignant) and 15 family caregivers was recruited from a neurosurgical practice and a brain tumour support service. In-depth semi-structured interviews focused on participants' perceptions of their adjustment, including personal appraisals, coping and social support since their brain tumour diagnosis. Interview transcripts were analysed thematically using open, axial and selective coding techniques. The primary theme that emerged from the analysis entailed "key sense making appraisals", which was closely related to the following secondary themes: (1) Interactions with those in the healthcare system, (2) reactions and support from the personal support network, and (3) a diversity of coping efforts. Adjustment to brain tumour involved a series of appraisals about the illness that were influenced by interactions with those in the healthcare system, reactions and support from people in their support network, and personal coping efforts. Overall, the findings indicate that adjustment to brain tumour is highly individualistic; however, some common personal and social processes are evident in how people make sense of and adapt to the illness over time. A preliminary framework of adjustment based on the present findings and its clinical relevance are discussed. In particular, it is important for health professionals to seek to understand and support individuals' sense-making processes following diagnosis of brain tumour.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherPsychology Press
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom117
dc.relation.ispartofpageto137
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalNeuropsychological Rehabilitation
dc.relation.ispartofvolume21
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOncology and carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNeurosciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAllied health and rehabilitation science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical and health psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode321199
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3209
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4201
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5203
dc.titleMaking sense of brain tumour: A qualitative investigation of personal and social processes of adjustment
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorChambers, Suzanne K.
gro.griffith.authorOwnsworth, Tamara


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