'We’re pushing back': group singing, social identity and caring for a spouse with Parkinson’s
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Article Title | 'We’re pushing back': group singing, social identity and caring for a spouse with Parkinson’s |
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ERA Journal ID | 6617 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Forbes, Melissa |
Journal Title | Psychology of Music |
Journal Citation | 49 (5), pp. 1199-1214 |
Number of Pages | 16 |
Year | 2021 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications Ltd |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 0305-7356 |
1741-3087 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/0305735620944230 |
Web Address (URL) | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0305735620944230 |
Abstract | This article explores spouse caregivers’ experiences of a community singing group for people with Parkinson’s disease and their carers. Previous studies have demonstrated the health and wellbeing benefits of group singing for a range of populations including people with Parkinson’s disease, however, caregivers’ experiences of these same groups remain under-researched. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six spouse caregivers who regularly attended a joint caregiver/care recipient Parkinson’s singing group for a minimum period of 18 months. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used to explore and interpret caregivers’ experiences of group singing. Using the “social cure approach” as a theoretical lens in the later stages of analysis, findings demonstrated that group singing created a social identity which helped fulfil caregivers’ basic psychological needs for belonging, meaning and purpose, social support and agency within the marital relationship. Caregivers’ new and valued social identity helped counteract the diminishing effects of life impacted by Parkinson’s. These findings support the recognition and further understanding of group singing as an accessible and cost-effective community-based psychosocial intervention for Parkinson’s spouse caregivers. |
Keywords | spouse caregivers, social cure approach, singing experiences, group singing, IPA |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 369999. Other creative arts and writing not elsewhere classified |
520599. Social and personality psychology not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Creative Arts |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q5w80/-we-re-pushing-back-group-singing-social-identity-and-caring-for-a-spouse-with-parkinson-s
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