The transformation of social representations of chronic disease in a self-help group

Krause, M

Abstract

A Participant Action Research process was carried out with individuals affected by Inflammatory Bowel Disease, more specifically Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. The results show evidence of a transformation of social representations of disease. 'Normalization' is the central component of the transformation, indicating the achievement of a more restricted representation of the illness. This change is an attitudinal modification, which is characterized by higher tolerance of the disease - accepting its chronic nature and the limitations it imposes on daily life -, acceptance of the possibility of being supported by others in facing the disease, and the recognition of a transformational process that involves different stages in dealing with and accepting the disease.

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Título según WOS: The transformation of social representations of chronic disease in a self-help group
Título según SCOPUS: The transformation of social representations of chronic disease in a self-help group
Título de la Revista: JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
Volumen: 8
Número: 5
Editorial: SAGE Publications
Fecha de publicación: 2003
Página de inicio: 599
Página final: 615
Idioma: English
URL: http://hpq.sagepub.com/cgi/doi/10.1177/13591053030085010
DOI:

10.1177/13591053030085010

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS