@article{ref1,
title="Mindful connections: the role of a peer support group on the psychosocial adjustment for adults recovering from brain injury",
journal="Journal of social work in disability and rehabilitation",
year="2016",
author="Cutler, Melissa and Nelson, Michelle L. A. and Nikoloski, Maya and Kuluski, Kerry",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="&quot;How does participating in a peer support group impact an adult's psychosocial adjustment following brain injury?&quot; was investigated using a qualitative approach, interviewing patients recruited from an Ambulatory Care Program. Data analysis guided by Bury's sociological framework, &quot;biographical disruption&quot; and &quot;biographical repair,&quot; revealed participants' pre-group &quot;disrupted sense of self,&quot; including sub-themes related to intrinsic losses and uncertainty. &quot;Enhanced psychosocial adjustment&quot; including sub-themes described participants' reorientation through shared experience. Finally, a post-group &quot;adapted sense of self&quot; including sub-themes was characterized by heightened purpose, self-awareness and acceptance. <br><br>FINDINGS lend weight to using tailored peer interventions to optimize psychosocial adjustment for this population.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1536-710X",
doi="10.1080/1536710X.2016.1220879",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1536710X.2016.1220879"
}