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- Title
Digital Media to Support Healing from Trauma: A Conceptual Framework Based on Mindfulness.
- Authors
Hayvon, John C.
- Abstract
Digital media which involve narrative storytelling are increasingly used in nursing and health research, including clinical applications such as cinematherapy. A pilot study was conducted on how digital media self-accessed by marginalized individuals may be beneficial toward mindfulness and healing from trauma. Qualitative interviews were conducted with individuals (n = 8) who self-reported marginalizations via: race; gender; rural geography; socioeconomic status; indigenous or colonial experience; survivor of abuse; experiences of homelessness; or disability. Results indicated that trauma-narratives often organically emerge through discussions on digital media, with notable intersections with mindfulness-based practices and interventions. First, digital media can create a mindfulness of trauma as valid to discuss and disseminate. Mindfulness of authentic resolution also emerged as critical, as trauma may be employed in media narratives for attention or sympathy with no intent to support healing. Participant responses illustrate value in being mindful of individuals with severe trauma, who may be less likely to benefit from digital media. Digital media can foster sense-of-belonging and community-building amidst isolation; additionally, parasocial relationships may help foster supportive identities and ideologies on vulnerability. Findings are outlined in a preliminary conceptual framework, toward supporting future digital media with intent to create mindfulness or heal trauma.
- Subjects
WOUND care; SOCIAL media; DIGITAL technology; SELF-evaluation; HEALTH services accessibility; OCCUPATIONAL roles; QUALITATIVE research; RESEARCH funding; MINDFULNESS; PILOT projects; INTERVIEWING; SEX distribution; POPULATION geography; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; RACE; SOUND recordings; INTERSECTIONALITY; CONCEPTUAL structures; RESEARCH methodology; SOCIAL support; HEALTH promotion; HOMELESSNESS; SOCIAL classes; PEOPLE with disabilities
- Publication
Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2024, Vol 45, Issue 12, p1258
- ISSN
0161-2840
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1080/01612840.2024.2398649