On the Construction of Knowledge in the Context of Biographical Interpretations of Illness. Professional Interventions and Collective Therapeutic Processes among Women with Psychosomatic Diseases
Constructing knowledge and dealing with different types and representations of knowledge are analyzed on the basis of interviews with female participants of post clinical psychosomatic groups in the women's health center of Bremen (Germany). This article shows how women's construction of k...
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| description | Constructing knowledge and dealing with different types and representations of knowledge are analyzed on the basis of interviews with female participants of post clinical psychosomatic groups in the women's health center of Bremen (Germany). This article shows how women's construction of knowledge is based, on the one hand, on interactions with professional experts and the confrontation with their medical, therapeutic and educational knowledge. On the other hand, these constructions emerge against the backdrop of biographical experiences and conceptions as well as in connection with the interactive and collective experiences within the context of the post clinical psychosomatic groups. While the knowledge communicated by the physicians and therapists is kept at a distance or rejected, the collectively produced knowledge through experience is characterized by its possibility to become incorporated into women's biographies. The collective therapeutic processes, the exchange among the women and the (re)construction of experiences are shown to be relevant especially concerning sexual violence and problematic situations in relationships.
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| spelling | doaj.art-e9092142cef347118bba45b0a3c9e5b82022-12-22T01:50:19ZdeuFQSForum: Qualitative Social Research1438-56272008-01-0191315On the Construction of Knowledge in the Context of Biographical Interpretations of Illness. Professional Interventions and Collective Therapeutic Processes among Women with Psychosomatic DiseasesKirsten Hohn0Andreas Hanses1Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft für Unterstützte Beschäftigung e.V. HamburgTU DresdenConstructing knowledge and dealing with different types and representations of knowledge are analyzed on the basis of interviews with female participants of post clinical psychosomatic groups in the women's health center of Bremen (Germany). This article shows how women's construction of knowledge is based, on the one hand, on interactions with professional experts and the confrontation with their medical, therapeutic and educational knowledge. On the other hand, these constructions emerge against the backdrop of biographical experiences and conceptions as well as in connection with the interactive and collective experiences within the context of the post clinical psychosomatic groups. While the knowledge communicated by the physicians and therapists is kept at a distance or rejected, the collectively produced knowledge through experience is characterized by its possibility to become incorporated into women's biographies. The collective therapeutic processes, the exchange among the women and the (re)construction of experiences are shown to be relevant especially concerning sexual violence and problematic situations in relationships. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0801480http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/316expert knowledgebiographical knowledgecollective construction of knowledgeexperienceactionspsychosomatic rehabilitationexperiences of sexual violence |
| spellingShingle | Kirsten Hohn Andreas Hanses On the Construction of Knowledge in the Context of Biographical Interpretations of Illness. Professional Interventions and Collective Therapeutic Processes among Women with Psychosomatic Diseases Forum: Qualitative Social Research expert knowledge biographical knowledge collective construction of knowledge experience actions psychosomatic rehabilitation experiences of sexual violence |
| title | On the Construction of Knowledge in the Context of Biographical Interpretations of Illness. Professional Interventions and Collective Therapeutic Processes among Women with Psychosomatic Diseases |
| title_full | On the Construction of Knowledge in the Context of Biographical Interpretations of Illness. Professional Interventions and Collective Therapeutic Processes among Women with Psychosomatic Diseases |
| title_fullStr | On the Construction of Knowledge in the Context of Biographical Interpretations of Illness. Professional Interventions and Collective Therapeutic Processes among Women with Psychosomatic Diseases |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the Construction of Knowledge in the Context of Biographical Interpretations of Illness. Professional Interventions and Collective Therapeutic Processes among Women with Psychosomatic Diseases |
| title_short | On the Construction of Knowledge in the Context of Biographical Interpretations of Illness. Professional Interventions and Collective Therapeutic Processes among Women with Psychosomatic Diseases |
| title_sort | on the construction of knowledge in the context of biographical interpretations of illness professional interventions and collective therapeutic processes among women with psychosomatic diseases |
| topic | expert knowledge biographical knowledge collective construction of knowledge experience actions psychosomatic rehabilitation experiences of sexual violence |
| url | http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/316 |
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