"From the same mad planet": a grounded theory of service users' accounts of the relationship within professional peer support

Baillie, HA, Tickle, A and Rennoldson, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7131-8740, 2016. "From the same mad planet": a grounded theory of service users' accounts of the relationship within professional peer support. Mental Health Review Journal, 21 (4), pp. 282-294. ISSN 1361-9322

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Abstract

Purpose: Peer support (PS)_workers are being employed despite uncertain evidence for clinical and cost-effectiveness. Psychological theories have been proposed to explain the mechanisms of PS but these lack empirical validation and specificity to professional PS. This was an exploratory study developing a substantive interpretive grounded theory of service-users' experience of professional PS work.

Methodology: Constructivist grounded theory was used throughout. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten service-users who had engaged with a professional PS worker.

Findings: Three overarching themes were constructed. 'The process of disclosure' describes how disclosure of mental health difficulties, experiences as a service-user and wider disclosure about life experiences, interests and values facilitate the development of a shared identity with the PS worker. 'The product of disclosure' highlights the sense of being understood as a result of the disclosure and marks a deepening of the relationship. 'Dual roles' describes the tenuous position of holding both a professional relationship and friendship.

Research implications and limitations: Future research should seek to refine the theory developed and compare the effects of therapist self-disclosure with that found within PS. There were limitations within the study, including limited diversity within the sample as well as difficulties with recruitment.

Originality/value: This study connects service users' accounts of receiving PS with existing psychological theory to move towards an understanding of the relationship between receivers and providers of professional PS.

Item Type:	Journal article
Alternative Title:	"From the same mad planet": service users' accounts of the relationship within professional PS [post-print title]
Publication Title:	Mental Health Review Journal
Creators:	Baillie, H.A., Tickle, A. and Rennoldson, M.
Publisher:	Emerald for Pier Professional
Date:	2016
Volume:	21
Number:	4
ISSN:	1361-9322
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1108/MHRJ-02-2016-0004 DOI
Rights:	© Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Linda Sullivan
Date Added:	07 Nov 2016 09:11
Last Modified:	27 Apr 2018 13:34
Related URLs:	Publisher
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/29040

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