Application and Extension of the Alcohol Recovery Narratives Conceptual Framework

Overview

Journal Qual Health Res

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialty Health Services

Date 2023 Sep 8

PMID 37683106

Authors

Mohsan Subhani

Usman Talat

Holly Knight

Joanne R Morling

Katy A Jones

Guruprasad P Aithal

Stephen D Ryder

Stefan Rennick-Egglestone

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Abstract

Recovery narratives are personal stories of health problems and recovery. A systematic review proposed a conceptual framework characterising alcohol misuse recovery narratives, consisting of eight principal dimensions, each with types and subtypes. The current study aims to apply and extend this preliminary conceptual framework. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect alcohol misuse recovery narratives from adult participants. A two-stage inductive and deductive thematic analysis approach was used to assess the relevance of the dimensions and types included in the preliminary conceptual framework and identify new components. The sample consisted of 11 participants from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds who had previously displayed varying degrees of alcohol misuse. All conceptual framework dimensions (genre, identity, recovery setting, drinking trajectories, drinking behaviours and traits, stages, spirituality and religion, and recovery experience) were present in the collected narratives. Three dimensions were extended by adding types and subtypes. Whilst the existing conceptual framework fitted the collected narratives, a new dimension describing the was required to fully characterise narratives. Types included in the dimension were and . The extended framework could guide the production of resources enabling clinicians to engage with narratives shared by their clients.

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