The Meaning of Volunteering among People with Severe Mental Disorders: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study

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2021-11-21

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Pérez-Corrales, Jorge
Güeita-Rodríguez, Javier
Huertas-Hoyas, Elisabet
García-Bravo, Cristina
Marconnot, Romain
Jiménez-Antona, Carmen
Velarde-García, Juan Francisco
Palacios-Ceña, Domingo

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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI)

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This study aimed to describe the perspectives of people with severe mental disorders who volunteer regarding the relationship between volunteering and work, from the framework of personal recovery. A qualitative phenomenological study was undertaken. Purposive sampling was conducted on people with severe mental disorders who participated in volunteering. In-depth unstructured and semi-structured interviews were used, during which researchers took handwritten field notes. An inductive thematic analysis was applied. Twenty-three participants with severe mental disorders were included (16 men and 7 women) with a mean age of 47 years. Three themes emerged: (a) the relationship between volunteering and working; (b) thinking about a possible future job; and (c) disclosing a mental health condition. Volunteering is perceived as a substitute to working, although not all participants feel able to work, and they do not always disclose that they suffer from a mental health condition.

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