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Title: | Health Professionals as Mothers of Adult Children With Schizophrenia | Contributor(s): | Klages, Debra (author); East, Leah (author) ; Usher, Kim (author) ; Jackson, Debra (author) | Publication Date: | 2020-10-01 | Early Online Version: | 2020-07-10 | DOI: | 10.1177/1049732320936990 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/30557 | Abstract: | In this qualitative narrative study, we critically reflected upon mothering experiences of health professionals with adult children with schizophrenia. Thirteen participants from Australia, Canada, Scotland, and the United States were interviewed. The thematic analysis of the interviews resulted in one overarching theme - mothering in the context of uncertainty: unbalancing and rebalancing as mothers, and three major themes: disrupted mothering, reconfigured mothering, and resolute mothering. The findings suggested participants experienced difficulties in separating their professional role from their maternal responsibilities. The mothers gained expertise by using their dual knowledge to advocate for and support their children's mental health. The mothers' dual roles had a positive impact on their relatedness to others within their professional practice. Health care organizations might benefit from the expertise of health professionals with dual roles in the development of support, care, treatment, and delivery of services for people and their family members who live with schizophrenia. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Qualitative Health Research, 30(12), p. 1807-1820 | Publisher: | Sage Publications, Inc | Place of Publication: | United States of America | ISSN: | 1552-7557 1049-7323 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 520501 Community psychology | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920210 Nursing | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 200307 Nursing | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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