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Title: | ‘It’s like having a day of freedom, a day off from being ill’: Exploring the experiences of people living with mental health problems who attend a community-based arts project, using interpretative phenomenological analysis |
Authors: | Lawson, J Reynolds, F Bryant, W Wilson, L |
Keywords: | Activity;Art;Creativity;Depression;Interpretative phenomenological analysis;Mental illness;Well-being |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd |
Citation: | Journal of Health Psychology, 19(6), 765 - 777, 2013 |
Abstract: | To explore the psychosocial benefits of participating in a 2-year community arts project, eight people living with long-term mental health problems were interviewed. The project involved participants in selecting items of professional artwork, creating personal responses and curating a public exhibition. Interviews were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Participants experienced the arts project as improving self-worth, emancipating self from illness labels, offering a sense of belonging, enabling acquisition of valued skills and offering meaningful occupation and routines. Some regarded their developing creative skills as improving their self-management of mental health. However, some anticipated the project’s ending with anxiety. |
Description: | This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below. Copyright @ 2013 The Authors. |
URI: | http://hpq.sagepub.com/content/19/6/765 http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/8881 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105313479627 |
ISSN: | 1359-1053 |
Appears in Collections: | Occupational Therapy Dept of Health Sciences Research Papers |
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