1st Edition
Identity Construction and Illness Narratives in Persons with Disabilities
Chapter 1: Narrative inquiry in disability research
Chalotte Glintborg & Manuel L. de la Mata
Chapter 2: Narrative identity is social context
Manuel L. de la Mata, Andrés Santamaría, Mercedes Cubero & Rosario Cubero
Chapter 3: Stories of self when living with aphasia in a digitalised society
Helena Taubner, Malin Hallén & Åsa Wengelin
Chapter 4: "We got a second chance" Couple narratives after being affected by an acquired brain injury
Chalotte Glintborg & Cecilie M. S. Thøgersen
Chapter 5: Narrative Identity and dementia: The problem of living with fewer available resources
Lars-Christer Hydén & Mattias Forsblad
Chapter 6: Recovery stories of people diagnosed with severe mental illness: Katabatic and Anabatic narratives
Francisco Javier Saavedra Macias
Chapter 7: (Re)constructing identity in aphasia: A preliminary study about how people with aphasia describe and narrate their selves.
Sara Yuste, Andrés Santamaría, Mercedes Cubero and Manuel L. de la Mata.
Chapter 8: Narratives and identity construction of children with a developmental speech and language disorders
Kristine Jensen de López & Rena Lyons
Chapter 9: Hope in offenders’ narratives of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Nichlas Permin Berger & Lars Fynbo
Chapter 10: Conclusion and future perspectives
Chalotte Glintborg & Manuel L. de la Mata
Biography
Chalotte Glintborg is a scientist from Aalborg University, Denmark, who specializes in rehabilitation psychology and holds a PhD in psychology. Her research has centred on exploring first-person perspectives on the emotional consequences of living with illness/disabilities, e.g. identity problems, distress, shame, and depression, etc.
Manuel L. de la Mata is full professor in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Seville, Spain, and the head of the Laboratory of Human Activity Research Group and holds a PhD in psychology. His recent research has centred on the narrative construction of self and autobiographical memory in cultural context, and gender and culture.
