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| Id | 817 | |
| Author | Forbes M. | |
| Title | “We’re pushing back”: Group singing, social identity, and caring for a spouse with Parkinson’s | |
| Reference | Forbes M.; “We’re pushing back”: Group singing, social identity, and caring for a spouse with Parkinson’s ;Psychology of Music vol: issue: page: |
Link to article | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85089580909&doi=10.1177%2f0305735620944230&partnerID=40&md5=825fc3fd7582f4cedea1a94b184a223a |
| Abstract | This article explores spouse caregivers’ experiences of a community singing group for people with Parkinson’s disease and their carers. Previous studies have demonstrated the health and wellbeing benefits of group singing for a range of populations including people with Parkinson’s, however, caregivers’ experiences of these same groups remain under-researched. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six spouse caregivers who regularly attended a joint caregiver/care recipient Parkinson’s singing group for a minimum period of 18 months. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to explore and interpret caregivers’ experiences of group singing. Using the “social cure approach” as a theoretical lens in the later stages of analysis, findings demonstrated that group singing created a social identity which helped fulfill caregivers’ basic psychological needs for belonging, meaning and purpose, social support, and agency within the marital relationship. Caregivers’ new and valued social identity helped counteract the diminishing effects of life impacted by Parkinson’s. These findings support the recognition and further understanding of group singing as an accessible and cost-effective community-based psychosocial intervention for Parkinson’s spouse caregivers. © The Author(s) 2020. |
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| For some caregivers, the group provided support because it created genuine friendships and deep relationships. . | All caregivers derived a sense of purpose from singing group participation. . | Singing together reminds caregivers of the positive feelings they have for their partners. . | There is scope for further group singing research to explore the ways in which these and other effects might meet caregivers psychological needs and support their wellbeing. . | Results Superordinate theme: The singing group creates a new social identity Viewing participants experiences through the lens of the social cure approach in the later stages of IPA revealed that singing group participation created a new social identity for participants, which was a psychological resource in the form of connection, meaning, support, and agency (each of these is discussed as a subordinate theme below). . | Beyond merely confirming various aspects of previous studies, however, findings here use the social cure approach to demonstrate that psychological resources flow from caregivers social identity, thus illuminating the processes by which group singing can effect caregivers wellbeing. . | Caregivers experienced the group as a means of social support either directly or simply as respite from caring duties, as well as a place where strong bonds were formed. . | Increasingly, arts-based interventions are also being used to support caregivers wellbeing. . | She derives great satisfaction from seeing people enjoy the group which she established. . | This approach frames social identity as having important consequences for health and wellbeing strong social identification fulfills psychological needs in the form of belonging, meaning, support, efficacy, and agency. . |
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