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- Title
Hope in a depression therapeutic group: a qualitative case study.
- Authors
Fernandes Querido, Ana Isabel; Laranjeira, Carlos António; dos Anjos Coelho Rodrigues Dixe, Maria
- Abstract
Objective: to understand the perceptions of hope for people with depression in the context of a therapy group. Methods: using a qualitative case study approach, a semi-structured in-depth interview and a self-report questionnaire were conducted with seven women with depression integrated in a therapy group at a Portuguese day-care psychiatric unit. Data collection and analysis used triangulation of sources. Results: the participants evidenced hope founded on the positive experiences of the past with a strong affiliation component. Hope management is done fundamentally through the interpersonal relationships established between the members of the group, based on communicational patterns that are established on a regular basis, mediated by the group therapist. Conclusion: the therapy group functioned towards the reinforcement of hope in people who experience depression, and it works as a motivation to manage the implications of illness in the participants' life and health project.
- Subjects
PORTUGAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY patients; ADULT day care; RESEARCH methodology; INTERVIEWING; HOPE; PATIENTS' attitudes; QUALITATIVE research; REINFORCEMENT (Psychology); CONCEPTUAL structures; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; MENTAL depression; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; CASE studies; QUESTIONNAIRES; INTERPERSONAL relations; SCALE analysis (Psychology); DESCRIPTIVE statistics; JUDGMENT sampling; CONTENT analysis; REFLEXIVITY; GROUP psychotherapy
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021, Vol 74, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
0034-7167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0034-7167-2020-1309