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How do recorded mental health recovery narratives create connection and improve hopefulness?

Ng, Fiona; Newby, Christopher; Robinson, Clare; Llewellyn-Beardsley, Joy; Yeo, Caroline; Roe, James; Rennick-Egglestone, Stefan; Smith, Roger; Booth, Susie; Bailey, Sylvia; Castelein, Stynke; Callard, Felicity; Arbour, Simone; Slade, Mike

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DR FIONA NG FIONA.NG@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Principal Research Fellow

CHRISTOPHER NEWBY Christopher.Newby@nottingham.ac.uk
Senior Quantitative Methods Adviser and Researcher

Clare Robinson

Joy Llewellyn-Beardsley

JAMES ROE JAMES.ROE@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Research Fellow

Roger Smith

Susie Booth

Sylvia Bailey

Stynke Castelein

Felicity Callard

Simone Arbour

MIKE SLADE M.SLADE@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Mental Health Recovery and Social Inclusion



Abstract

Background: Mental health recovery narratives are an active ingredient of recovery-oriented interventions such as peer support. Recovery narratives can create connection and hope, but there is limited evidence on the predictors of impact. Aims: The aim of this study was to identify characteristics of the narrator, narrative content and participant which predict the short-term impact of recovery narratives on participants. Method: Independent studies were conducted in an experimental (n = 40) and a clinical setting (n = 13). In both studies, participants with mental health problems received recorded recovery narratives and rated impact on hopefulness and connection. Predictive characteristics were identified using multi-level modelling. Results: The experimental study found that narratives portraying a narrator as living well with mental health problems that is intermediate between no and full recovery, generated higher self-rated levels of hopefulness. Participants from ethnic minority backgrounds had lower levels of connection with narrators compared to participants from a white background, potentially due to reduced visibility of a narrator’s diversity characteristics. Conclusions: Narratives describing partial but not complete recovery and matching on ethnicity may lead to a higher impact. Having access to narratives portraying a range of narrator characteristics to maximise the possibility of a beneficial impact on connection and hopefulness.

Citation

Ng, F., Newby, C., Robinson, C., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Yeo, C., Roe, J., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Smith, R., Booth, S., Bailey, S., Castelein, S., Callard, F., Arbour, S., & Slade, M. (2022). How do recorded mental health recovery narratives create connection and improve hopefulness?. Journal of Mental Health, 31(2), 273-280. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2021.2022627

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 14, 2021
Online Publication Date Jan 5, 2022
Publication Date Mar 4, 2022
Deposit Date Oct 15, 2021
Publicly Available Date Jan 6, 2023
Journal Journal of Mental Health
Print ISSN 0963-8237
Electronic ISSN 1360-0567
Publisher Taylor and Francis
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 31
Issue 2
Pages 273-280
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2021.2022627
Keywords Psychiatry and Mental health; General Medicine
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/6460791
Publisher URL https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09638237.2021.2022627
Additional Information Peer Review Statement: The publishing and review policy for this title is described in its Aims & Scope.; Aim & Scope: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=ijmh20; Received: 2021-04-26; Revised: 2021-09-07; Accepted: 2021-10-14; Published: 2022-01-05

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