The Meaning of Volunteering among People with Severe Mental Disorders: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study

This study aimed to describe the perspectives of people with severe mental disorders who volunteer regarding the relationship between volunteering and work, from the framework of personal recovery. A qualitative phenomenological study was undertaken. Purposive sampling was conducted on people with s...

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Autores principales: Jorge Pérez-Corrales, Javier Güeita-Rodríguez, Elisabet Huertas-Hoyas, Cristina García-Bravo, Romain Marconnot, Carmen Jiménez-Antona, Juan Francisco Velarde-García, Domingo Palacios-Ceña
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Publicado: MDPI AG 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/d00a69878b564ac89795af1d5a381b9c
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Sumario:This study aimed to describe the perspectives of people with severe mental disorders who volunteer regarding the relationship between volunteering and work, from the framework of personal recovery. A qualitative phenomenological study was undertaken. Purposive sampling was conducted on people with severe mental disorders who participated in volunteering. In-depth unstructured and semi-structured interviews were used, during which researchers took handwritten field notes. An inductive thematic analysis was applied. Twenty-three participants with severe mental disorders were included (16 men and 7 women) with a mean age of 47 years. Three themes emerged: (a) the relationship between volunteering and working; (b) thinking about a possible future job; and (c) disclosing a mental health condition. Volunteering is perceived as a substitute to working, although not all participants feel able to work, and they do not always disclose that they suffer from a mental health condition.