'Sense of belonging' in service users with psychosis living in Wales
Research type
Research Study
Full title
'Sense of belonging' in service users with psychosis living in North Wales
IRAS ID
239866
Contact name
Chris Saville
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
Rates of Welsh speakers vary greatly across North Wales. In some communities Welsh speakers make up the majority of the population and in others, they represent a minority. Studies have consistently found that psychosis is elevated in minority groups, and this may reflect a reduced ‘sense of belonging’ to their local community. This study will recruit adults who have experience of psychosis, are current service users of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (community or inpatient services) have capacity to consent and take part, and feel mismatched to where they live based on their preferred language (i.e. English speakers living in relatively Cymrophone areas of North Wales). The study will involve administering short demographic questionnaires and conducting a semi-structured interviews with n = ~10 participants. The interviews will take between 60-120 minutes and will be conducted at Bangor University, however if the participant cannot travel to the University we can arrange for interviews to be carried out at the participants home or ward. The aims of the study are to explore whether participants' linguistic status has any bearing on their sense of belonging to their local community and to elucidate the factors underpinning this. Interview transcripts will be analysed using thematic analysis.
REC name
Wales REC 5
REC reference
18/WA/0026
Date of REC Opinion
22 Jan 2018
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion