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Expressed emotion in the South Asian diaspora living in the UK: A qualitative study

BACKGROUND: ‘Expressed Emotion (EE)’ captures ways in which emotions are expressed within a family environment. Research has found that EE in families has an impact on psychiatric illness, in particular psychosis, such that it increases risk of relapse. EE was conceptualised by research conducted in...

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Autores principales: Sharif, Hira Salman, Miah, Syed K., Ramanathan, Amrita, Glover, Naomi, Shaikh, Madiha
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10681165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38011136
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280103
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author Sharif, Hira Salman
Miah, Syed K.
Ramanathan, Amrita
Glover, Naomi
Shaikh, Madiha
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description BACKGROUND: ‘Expressed Emotion (EE)’ captures ways in which emotions are expressed within a family environment. Research has found that EE in families has an impact on psychiatric illness, in particular psychosis, such that it increases risk of relapse. EE was conceptualised by research conducted in the UK. Thus, behaviours defined as pathological were largely based on white samples adhering to UK norms. Cross-cultural variations have been found in EE and its relationship with clinical outcomes. A more culturally appropriate understanding of norms surrounding the EE across cultures is required. AIMS: This study aims to use a bottom-up approach to provide a culturally specific understanding of family relationships and EE across ‘non-clinical’ UK-based South Asian families. METHODS: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18 South Asian participants to explore their relationships with a significant other. Interviews were analysed using thematic analysis. RESULTS: Four main themes were generated: expression of love, setting boundaries, inter-generational differences and acceptance. CONCLUSION: The findings indicate considerable cultural variability within EE and highlight the need to interpret EE in the context of socio-cultural norms. Whilst certain domains of EE that are considered pathological in Western contexts are present in the UK-based South Asian diaspora, these are perceived as less problematic, indicative of varying cultural norms.
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spelling pubmed-106811652023-11-27 Expressed emotion in the South Asian diaspora living in the UK: A qualitative study Sharif, Hira Salman Miah, Syed K. Ramanathan, Amrita Glover, Naomi Shaikh, Madiha PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: ‘Expressed Emotion (EE)’ captures ways in which emotions are expressed within a family environment. Research has found that EE in families has an impact on psychiatric illness, in particular psychosis, such that it increases risk of relapse. EE was conceptualised by research conducted in the UK. Thus, behaviours defined as pathological were largely based on white samples adhering to UK norms. Cross-cultural variations have been found in EE and its relationship with clinical outcomes. A more culturally appropriate understanding of norms surrounding the EE across cultures is required. AIMS: This study aims to use a bottom-up approach to provide a culturally specific understanding of family relationships and EE across ‘non-clinical’ UK-based South Asian families. METHODS: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18 South Asian participants to explore their relationships with a significant other. Interviews were analysed using thematic analysis. RESULTS: Four main themes were generated: expression of love, setting boundaries, inter-generational differences and acceptance. CONCLUSION: The findings indicate considerable cultural variability within EE and highlight the need to interpret EE in the context of socio-cultural norms. Whilst certain domains of EE that are considered pathological in Western contexts are present in the UK-based South Asian diaspora, these are perceived as less problematic, indicative of varying cultural norms. Public Library of Science 2023-11-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10681165/ /pubmed/38011136 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280103 Text en © 2023 Sharif et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ramanathan, Amrita
Glover, Naomi
Shaikh, Madiha
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title_full Expressed emotion in the South Asian diaspora living in the UK: A qualitative study
title_fullStr Expressed emotion in the South Asian diaspora living in the UK: A qualitative study
title_full_unstemmed Expressed emotion in the South Asian diaspora living in the UK: A qualitative study
title_short Expressed emotion in the South Asian diaspora living in the UK: A qualitative study
title_sort expressed emotion in the south asian diaspora living in the uk: a qualitative study
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10681165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38011136
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280103
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