The Meaning of Volunteering among People with Severe Mental Disorders: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study
2021
Jorge Pérez-Corrales | Javier Güeita-Rodríguez | Elisabet Huertas-Hoyas | Cristina García-Bravo | Romain Marconnot | Carmen Jiménez-Antona | Juan Francisco Velarde-García | Domingo Palacios-Ceña
This study aimed to describe the perspectives of people with severe mental disorders who volunteer regarding the relationship between volunteering and work, from the framework of personal recovery. A qualitative phenomenological study was undertaken. Purposive sampling was conducted on people with severe mental disorders who participated in volunteering. In-depth unstructured and semi-structured interviews were used, during which researchers took handwritten field notes. An inductive thematic analysis was applied. Twenty-three participants with severe mental disorders were included (16 men and 7 women) with a mean age of 47 years. Three themes emerged: (a) the relationship between volunteering and working: (b) thinking about a possible future job: and (c) disclosing a mental health condition. Volunteering is perceived as a substitute to working, although not all participants feel able to work, and they do not always disclose that they suffer from a mental health condition.
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