“I feel abused by my own mind”: themes of control in men’s online accounts of living with anxiety

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dc.contributor.authorDrioli-Phillips, P.G.
dc.contributor.authorOxlad, M.
dc.contributor.authorFeo, R.
dc.contributor.authorScholz, B.
dc.contributor.authorLe Couteur, A.
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractMen’s experiences with anxiety are under-researched and poorly understood. Existing research gives little indication of how men talk about anxiety in situ, and little is known about how men describe their experiences of anxiety. Online discussion forums provide an opportunity to conduct naturalistic observations of how men describe their experiences with anxiety without the influence of a researcher. Thematic analysis, informed by principles of discursive psychology, was used to examine 130 opening posts to an online anxiety discussion forum. One superordinate theme, where anxiety is constructed as a loss of control, was identified. Analysis of this overarching theme generated three themes relating to how posters described a loss of control: (a) anxiety as an immobilizing force, (b) anxiety as an independent entity, and (c) anxiety as a dualist construction of the self. Our analysis has clear implications for developing and improving interventions for men experiencing anxiety.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityPhoebe G. Drioli-Phillips, Melissa Oxlad, Rebecca Feo
dc.identifier.citationQualitative Health Research, 2020; 30(13):2118-2131
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1049732320942147
dc.identifier.issn1049-7323
dc.identifier.issn1552-7557
dc.identifier.orcidDrioli-Phillips, P.G. [0000-0001-9074-7391]
dc.identifier.orcidOxlad, M. [0000-0001-9067-6706]
dc.identifier.orcidFeo, R. [0000-0001-9414-2242]
dc.identifier.orcidScholz, B. [0000-0003-2819-994X]
dc.identifier.orcidLe Couteur, A. [0000-0001-6801-1230]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/127010
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSAGE Publications
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2020
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/1049732320942147
dc.subjectMasculinity; men’s health; mental health and illness; psychology; psychological issues; qualitative; thematic analysis; discursive psychology; Australia
dc.title“I feel abused by my own mind”: themes of control in men’s online accounts of living with anxiety
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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