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dc.contributor.authorHorrocks, Matthew
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-17T12:23:54Z
dc.date.available2018-04-17T12:23:54Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationWard, C. D. & Horrocks, M. (2015). The self and others in CFS/ME: Reinterpreting research evidence. In: Ward, C. D. (ed.) Meanings of ME: Interpersonal and social dimensions of chronic fatigue. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 106-128.en
dc.identifier.isbn9.78E+12
dc.identifier.other10.1057/9781137467324
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12904/10242
dc.description.abstractChapter 7 provided interpersonal perspectives on CFS/ME without offering any theoretical commentary. This chapter considers how the meanings of CFS/ME are developed between individuals and others. We begin with a critique of the cognitive-behavioural model of illness and suggest how it might better take account of connections between human relationships and illness. Using examples from Chapter 7 and elsewhere we thenr eview research literature in terms of the following propositions: (1) The social implications of CFS/ME are fundamental to its personal meaning; (2) individuals (and also health professionals) interpret illness through a cultural lens; (3) meanings of CFS/ME are established within personal relationships; (4) interpretations of symptoms, severity of illness and family relationships influence one another; (5) 'coping' is a social process, intimately related to meaning-making; and (6) meanings derived from present and past relationships are important vulnerability factors. Each of these gain support from available evidence although our interpretation sometimes requires a shift from a cognitivist to a discursive paradigm. We end with a discussion of gender.
dc.subjectChronic fatigue syndromeen
dc.titleThe self and others in CFS/ME: Reinterpreting research evidenceen
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html.description.abstractChapter 7 provided interpersonal perspectives on CFS/ME without offering any theoretical commentary. This chapter considers how the meanings of CFS/ME are developed between individuals and others. We begin with a critique of the cognitive-behavioural model of illness and suggest how it might better take account of connections between human relationships and illness. Using examples from Chapter 7 and elsewhere we thenr eview research literature in terms of the following propositions: (1) The social implications of CFS/ME are fundamental to its personal meaning; (2) individuals (and also health professionals) interpret illness through a cultural lens; (3) meanings of CFS/ME are established within personal relationships; (4) interpretations of symptoms, severity of illness and family relationships influence one another; (5) 'coping' is a social process, intimately related to meaning-making; and (6) meanings derived from present and past relationships are important vulnerability factors. Each of these gain support from available evidence although our interpretation sometimes requires a shift from a cognitivist to a discursive paradigm. We end with a discussion of gender.


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