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Ms
Mebh
Conneely
m.conneelymcinerney@qmul.ac.uk
Dr
Domenico
Giacco
d.giacco@qmul.ac.uk
Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders
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As social beings, we derive a part of our sense of who we are from our relationships and the groups we belong to. This sense of identity derived from belonging to a group is called “social identity”. People may have many, few or no social identities, and this may change throughout the course of a person’s life. Research has found that having more strong social identities is linked to better mental and physical health, in particular through times of change. Psychosis, often characterized by hallucinations, delusions and a loss of contact with reality is an overwhelming and often distressing experience. Being diagnosed and living with psychosis (for this study defined as disorders in the F20 category of the International Classification of Diseases-10) is likely to have an important effect on people's sense of self and relationships with others. Despite this, scarce research has investigated social identity in psychosis.
This research aims to fill this gap with a mixed-method study comprising two parts: 1) a quantitative cross-sectional survey exploring associations between social identity features, symptoms, quality of life and service use 2) in-depth interviews.
The quantitative study will involve 200 participants recruited from inpatient wards, outpatient clinical settings (East London NHS Foundation Trust, ELFT) and non-clinical settings (Greenwich Hearing Voices). Only patients who have the capacity to consent to research will be invited to take part. Participants will create a visual representation of their social identities (a social identity map) and answer questionnaires assessing symptoms, quality of life and service use. The qualitative study will involve a sub-sample of participants being interviewed about their social identities, and their experience of completing the social identity map.
This study is being conducted as part of doctoral research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.
The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:
Observational type: Cross-sectional;
You can take part if:
You may not be able to take part if:
- Unable to provide informed consent or meaningfully participate in social identity mapping or an in-depth interview due to cognitive impairment - The healthcare team have decided that participation in the interview would entail a substantial risk of harm to the patient or the researcher (only applicable to people who are currently in hospital) - Do not meet the inclusion criteria
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The study is sponsored by Queen Mary University of London and funded by Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) .
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