Constructions of Continuity after Stroke |
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Authors: | Ramon Hinojosa Craig Boylstein Maude Rittman Melanie Sberna Hinojosa Christopher A. Faircloth |
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Affiliation: | 1. Marquette University;2. Gainesville, Florida;3. North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center, Gainesville, Florida;4. Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;5. Xavier University of Louisiana |
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Abstract: | Prior research suggests that illness disrupts biographical self because of the resulting difficulty in continuing to draw on the same material and symbolic resources used in self‐construction. Recent literature suggests that constructing continuity is possible because of the multi‐faceted nature of self‐construction. One hundred and twenty‐two veterans who had been hospitalized after an acute stroke and discharged home were enrolled in the study. In‐depth interviews were collected from the veterans at one month post‐stroke. Results indicate that some of these individuals construct continuity through their use of personally accessible discursive resources such as expectations for aging and religious beliefs. |
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Keywords: | narrative illness continuity self disruption stroke |
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