All Outputs (3)

Adjustment and coping in spousal caregivers following a traumatic spinal cord injury: an interpretative phenomenological analysis (2011)
Journal Article
Dickson, A., O'Brien, G., Ward, R., Flowers, P., Allan, D., & O'Carroll, R. E. (2011). Adjustment and coping in spousal caregivers following a traumatic spinal cord injury: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Journal of Health Psychology, 17, 247-257. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105311411115

Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 spousal caregivers to people with a traumatic spinal cord injury and were subjected to interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Here, we present two inter-related master themes: (1) coping with... Read More about Adjustment and coping in spousal caregivers following a traumatic spinal cord injury: an interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Difficulties adjusting to post-discharge life following a spinal cord injury: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. (2011)
Journal Article
Dickson, A., Ward, R., O'Brien, G., Allan, D., & O'Carroll, R. E. (2011). Difficulties adjusting to post-discharge life following a spinal cord injury: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 16, 463-474. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2011.555769

Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 individuals who had experienced a traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI), focusing on the participants' lived experience of SCI. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and were analysed for r... Read More about Difficulties adjusting to post-discharge life following a spinal cord injury: An interpretative phenomenological analysis..

Mothers continuing bonds and ambivalence to personal mortality after the death of their child: an interpretative phenomenological analysis (2011)
Journal Article
Harper, M., O'Connor, R., Dickson, A., & O'Carroll, R. E. (2011). Mothers continuing bonds and ambivalence to personal mortality after the death of their child: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 16, 203-214. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2010.532558

The main objective of this study was to identify how bereaved mothers describe their coping strategies in their own words. The literature on parental bereavement is sparse, and the present study aims to add to existing knowledge by eliciting the moth... Read More about Mothers continuing bonds and ambivalence to personal mortality after the death of their child: an interpretative phenomenological analysis.