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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: |
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| Link to article | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85089580909&doi=10.1177%2f0305735620944230&partnerID=40&md5=825fc3fd7582f4cedea1a94b184a223a |
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| 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. |
“We’re pushing back”: Group singing, social identity, and caring for a spouse with Parkinson’s. For example the social cure approach proposes that social identity is of vital importance to good health hypothesizing that benefits flow to members of social groups to the extent that individuals identify with a particular group. Given the isolation that caregivers can feel this sense of belonging is an important benefit of participation. Social identification with the Parkinsons singing group perhaps somewhat paradoxically helped caregivers to reclaim their spousal identity in a way which was not tied to the Parkinsons diagnosis. Arts in health: Designing and researching interventions.
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