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Experiences and coping behaviours of adolescents in Pakistan with alopecia areata: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
The study explored experiences of adolescents aged 15–19 with alopecia areata (AA) and investigated their accounts of coping behaviours. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used to provide an in-depth and holistic perspective of their accounts. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken wit...
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Co-Action Publishing
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4312360/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25636795 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v10.26039 |
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description | The study explored experiences of adolescents aged 15–19 with alopecia areata (AA) and investigated their accounts of coping behaviours. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used to provide an in-depth and holistic perspective of their accounts. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with a volunteer sample of eight respondents diagnosed with AA. Four key themes were identified: loss (self/social), concerns (physical/future), negative (emotions/thoughts), and coping styles (adaptive/maladaptive). Females experienced greater feelings of loss, were more concerned about their looks and their future, and reported more negative thoughts and emotions. Females felt angry and blamed God for their fate; males blamed both their fate and luck. Action-oriented and practical coping styles were adopted by all of them. After the realization that initial coping behaviours were ineffective, self-distraction, acceptance, and humour were used. Psychological relief followed with the practice of religion and planning for treatments to be undertaken in the future. The findings here are similar to research conducted in the West, though with more emphasis on religion. Health care providers and student counsellors need to understand the negative psychosocial consequences for adolescents living with a visible disfigurement and provide appropriate psychological and social support. |
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spelling | pubmed-43123602015-02-18 Experiences and coping behaviours of adolescents in Pakistan with alopecia areata: An interpretative phenomenological analysis Rafique, Rafia Hunt, Nigel Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being Review Article The study explored experiences of adolescents aged 15–19 with alopecia areata (AA) and investigated their accounts of coping behaviours. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used to provide an in-depth and holistic perspective of their accounts. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with a volunteer sample of eight respondents diagnosed with AA. Four key themes were identified: loss (self/social), concerns (physical/future), negative (emotions/thoughts), and coping styles (adaptive/maladaptive). Females experienced greater feelings of loss, were more concerned about their looks and their future, and reported more negative thoughts and emotions. Females felt angry and blamed God for their fate; males blamed both their fate and luck. Action-oriented and practical coping styles were adopted by all of them. After the realization that initial coping behaviours were ineffective, self-distraction, acceptance, and humour were used. Psychological relief followed with the practice of religion and planning for treatments to be undertaken in the future. The findings here are similar to research conducted in the West, though with more emphasis on religion. Health care providers and student counsellors need to understand the negative psychosocial consequences for adolescents living with a visible disfigurement and provide appropriate psychological and social support. Co-Action Publishing 2015-01-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4312360/ /pubmed/25636795 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v10.26039 Text en © 2015 R. Rafique & N. Hunt http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Rafique, Rafia Hunt, Nigel Experiences and coping behaviours of adolescents in Pakistan with alopecia areata: An interpretative phenomenological analysis |
title | Experiences and coping behaviours of adolescents in Pakistan with alopecia areata: An interpretative phenomenological analysis |
title_full | Experiences and coping behaviours of adolescents in Pakistan with alopecia areata: An interpretative phenomenological analysis |
title_fullStr | Experiences and coping behaviours of adolescents in Pakistan with alopecia areata: An interpretative phenomenological analysis |
title_full_unstemmed | Experiences and coping behaviours of adolescents in Pakistan with alopecia areata: An interpretative phenomenological analysis |
title_short | Experiences and coping behaviours of adolescents in Pakistan with alopecia areata: An interpretative phenomenological analysis |
title_sort | experiences and coping behaviours of adolescents in pakistan with alopecia areata: an interpretative phenomenological analysis |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4312360/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25636795 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v10.26039 |
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