The impact of early stroke on identity

A discourse analytic study

Bibliographic Data

ID4218484
AuthorsJennifer Guise (University of Abertay, Dundee,, corresponding author), Andy Mckinlay (University of Edinburgh), Sue Widdicombe (0000-0002-1782-2946, University of Edinburgh)
Year2010
Volume14
Issue1
Pages75-90
Publication date2010-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health Illness and Medicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1363-4593 • E-ISSN: 1461-7196
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1363459309347483
PMID20051431
OpenAlexW2116697470
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited37

This article examines the ways in which sufferers talk about early stroke and the effects this chronic condition has on identity. Traditional research into chronic illness has largely used medical, psychiatric or cognitive models. We adopt a social constructionist perspective and use a discourse analytic methodology to study data collected via focus group interaction. Analysis of the data collected shows that participants displayed sensitivity about having acquired a potentially 'damaged' sense of self by mitigating negative features of their experiences. Participants also attended to the issue of whether their accounts were persuasive or believable. Some carers were present in these discussions. As a consequence, participants who had suffered a stroke displayed sensitivity to the way that carers might respond to mitigation of the negative aspects of stroke

Cognition · Discourse analysis · Epistemology · Focus group · Psychiatry · Social constructionism · Social science · Sociology · Strict constructionism · Clinical Psychology · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Psychology · Social Psychology

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