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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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:d00a69878b564ac89795af1d5a381b9c2021-11-25T17:52:19ZThe Meaning of Volunteering among People with Severe Mental Disorders: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study10.3390/ijerph1822122321660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/d00a69878b564ac89795af1d5a381b9c2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/12232https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601This 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.Jorge Pérez-CorralesJavier Güeita-RodríguezElisabet Huertas-HoyasCristina García-BravoRomain MarconnotCarmen Jiménez-AntonaJuan Francisco Velarde-GarcíaDomingo Palacios-CeñaMDPI AGarticlevocational rehabilitationvolunteersworkmental disordersqualitative researchstigmaMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 12232, p 12232 (2021)
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topic vocational rehabilitation
volunteers
work
mental disorders
qualitative research
stigma
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spellingShingle vocational rehabilitation
volunteers
work
mental disorders
qualitative research
stigma
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Jorge Pérez-Corrales
Javier Güeita-Rodríguez
Elisabet Huertas-Hoyas
Cristina García-Bravo
Romain Marconnot
Carmen Jiménez-Antona
Juan Francisco Velarde-García
Domingo Palacios-Ceña
The Meaning of Volunteering among People with Severe Mental Disorders: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study
description 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.
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author Jorge Pérez-Corrales
Javier Güeita-Rodríguez
Elisabet Huertas-Hoyas
Cristina García-Bravo
Romain Marconnot
Carmen Jiménez-Antona
Juan Francisco Velarde-García
Domingo Palacios-Ceña
author_facet Jorge Pérez-Corrales
Javier Güeita-Rodríguez
Elisabet Huertas-Hoyas
Cristina García-Bravo
Romain Marconnot
Carmen Jiménez-Antona
Juan Francisco Velarde-García
Domingo Palacios-Ceña
author_sort Jorge Pérez-Corrales
title The Meaning of Volunteering among People with Severe Mental Disorders: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study
title_short The Meaning of Volunteering among People with Severe Mental Disorders: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study
title_full The Meaning of Volunteering among People with Severe Mental Disorders: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study
title_fullStr The Meaning of Volunteering among People with Severe Mental Disorders: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study
title_full_unstemmed The Meaning of Volunteering among People with Severe Mental Disorders: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study
title_sort meaning of volunteering among people with severe mental disorders: a phenomenological qualitative study
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/d00a69878b564ac89795af1d5a381b9c
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