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    Disfigurement: the challenges for identity and the strategies for coping

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    Date
    2012
    Author
    Jaspal, Rusi
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    Abstract
    Living with disfigurement can constitute a psycho- logically challenging position for both adults and young peo- ple alike. The present paper explores the potential implications of living with disfigurement for identity through the novel application of identity process theory, a socio-psychological theory of identity threat, to the topic of disfigurement. The theory argues that individuals need to perceive appropriate levels of self-esteem, distinctiveness, continuity, self-efficacy, meaning, belonging and coherence, and that insufficient levels of these principles will induce identity threat. Firstly, the paper outlines those principles most susceptible to threat among individuals living with disfigurement. Secondly, it considers strategies which may be implemented by the threatened indi- vidual as a means of coping with identity threat associated with disfigurement, as well as the efficacy of these strategies. The primary focus of the paper lies within the identification of what threatens identity and how health care institutions can facilitate and encourage effective coping strategies among individuals living with disfigurement.
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    Citation : Jaspal, R. (2012) Disfigurement: the challenges for identity and the strategies for coping. Psychological Studies, 57 (4), pp. 331-35.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/2086/8017
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s12646-012-0145-y
    ISSN : 0033-2968
    Research Group : Psychology
    Research Institute : Media Discourse Centre (MDC)
    Research Institute : Mary Seacole Research Centre
    Peer Reviewed : Yes
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