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Psychiatric consumer/survivors' quality of life: Quantitative and qualitative perspectives
Author(s) -
Nelson Geoffrey,
Wiltshire Colleen,
Hall G. Brent,
Peirson Leslea,
WalshBowers Richard
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(199507)23:3<216::aid-jcop2290230305>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - empowerment , quality of life (healthcare) , qualitative research , psychology , qualitative property , perception , community integration , quality (philosophy) , sociology , medicine , psychotherapist , economic growth , social science , philosophy , physical therapy , epistemology , machine learning , neuroscience , computer science , economics
In this research, we examined psychiatric consumer/survivors' quality of life using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Based on previous research and ecological/empowerment theory, we expected objective indicators of personal empowerment, social support (including negative network transactions), housing, and community integration to be related to consumer/survivors' perceptions of their subjective qudity of life. The results provided partial support for our model. Qualitative data tended to confirm the quantitative findings and they provided additional insights leading to a revised ecological/empowerment model of quality of life for psychiatric consumer/survivors.