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Question: Football, Healing, and Mental Health Recovery
Answer: Purpose
This chapter draws on qualitative data and observations from a range of projects seeking to use football to support mental health recovery. The authors conceptualize recovery as a fluid ongoing process that while supporting individuals to manage and deal with mental illness, may not result in the reduction or remission of clinical symptoms.
Methodology
The research discussed in the chapter is drawn from interviews with male participants aged 1840 years, who participated in four different football and mental health projects.
Findings
The chapter outlines three key ways in which participants perceived that football contributes positively to their recovery. Participants discuss football as providing a “safe space,” free from stigma, and as a setting where they can develop productive and engaging social relationships with medical professionals, support staff, coaches, and peers. Finally, they perceive football as a context in which they can begin to rework and redefine their
identities, to move away from identities constructed around illness and vulnerability.
(Source: , 26 Nov 2020)
Source Link: https://doi-org.onlinedatabase.librarynet.com.my/10.1108/S1476-285420180000011011