CAN I TELL JUST BY MYSELF? DISCUSSING A PARENTAL MENTAL DISORDER WITH A CHILD IN A RESEARCH INTERVIEW

Authors

  • Anu Leinonen University of Jyväskylä
  • Jaakko Seikkula University of Jyväskylä
  • Maarit Alasuutari University of Jyväskylä

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18357/ijcyfs.71201615675

Keywords:

children, parental mental health, dialogue, research interview, stigma

Abstract

In this single-case study, we focus on how to have a dialogue in a research interview with a child whose parent has been diagnosed with a mental disorder. The interactional context and the interviewer’s role in co-constructing the child’s accounts have been largely neglected in the qualitative psychological research on this subject. Stigma related to mental disorders is increasingly being recognized as a central issue for the entire mental health field. It is considered to have far-reaching effects on the social interaction of the stigmatized person and also to contaminate the interactions of those around that person. We examine how the stigma of a parental mental disorder arises and is negotiated in the dialogue between an 8-year-old girl and a female interviewer. The perspective of the study is micro-sociological and constructionist. Three categories of the child’s talk were identified: actively describing her position and voice in the ongoing dialogue, normalization of the parental problem and herself, and talking about shame and embarrassment.

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Published

2016-02-10

How to Cite

Leinonen, A., Seikkula, J., & Alasuutari, M. (2016). CAN I TELL JUST BY MYSELF? DISCUSSING A PARENTAL MENTAL DISORDER WITH A CHILD IN A RESEARCH INTERVIEW. International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies, 7(1), 125–147. https://doi.org/10.18357/ijcyfs.71201615675

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2016)

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