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Reconstructing self-narratives in coping with traumatic brain injury

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  • Nochi, Masahiro

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This study examined qualitative data from ten individuals with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) who felt at ease with their current situations. An analysis based on the grounded theory method revealed that one's experience of coping or adjustment to the disability was represented as narratives about him or herself. Each one with TBI reconstructed certain self-narratives in coping with their changed self-images and daily lives. The common narratives were classified into five categories: "the self better than others," "the grown self," "the recovering self," "the self living here and now," and "the protesting self." These self-narratives reflected renewed ways to view the selves, which were conceptualized to be intact "in spite of TBI" or to be worthwhile "because of TBI." The informants achieved this conceptualization by managing their perspectives on time or on space. This classification will serve as a framework for rehabilitation practice and for future research.

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  • Nochi, Masahiro, 2000. "Reconstructing self-narratives in coping with traumatic brain injury," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 51(12), pages 1795-1804, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:51:y:2000:i:12:p:1795-1804
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    1. Atkin, Karl & Stapley, Sally & Easton, Ava, 2010. "No one listens to me, nobody believes me: Self management and the experience of living with encephalitis," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 71(2), pages 386-393, July.
    2. Masakuni Tagaki, 2016. "Narratives of Ambivalent Meanings of Acquired Physical Disability in Japan," SAGE Open, , vol. 6(3), pages 21582440166, August.
    3. Aujoulat, Isabelle & Marcolongo, Renzo & Bonadiman, Leopoldo & Deccache, Alain, 2008. "Reconsidering patient empowerment in chronic illness: A critique of models of self-efficacy and bodily control," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 66(5), pages 1228-1239, March.
    4. Kendall, Elizabeth & Terry, Deborah J., 2008. "Understanding adjustment following traumatic brain injury: Is the Goodness-of-Fit coping hypothesis useful?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 67(8), pages 1217-1224, October.
    5. Natasja Jennekens & Bernadette Dierckx De Casterlé & Fabienne Dobbels, 2010. "A systematic review of care needs of people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) on a cognitive, emotional and behavioural level," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 19(9‐10), pages 1198-1206, May.

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