Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to qualitatively analyze metacommunication during the digital storytelling (DST) workshop process for patients undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). Methods: HCT survivors who had undergone transplant within the past 2 years were recruited at a cancer center in the Phoenix Metropolitan area. Participants (M age=51.5 years) attended a 3-day DST workshop telling and creating digital stories around their HCT experiences. Using a constructivist grounded theory approach, line by line coding and content analysis were conducted with four research team members. Results: Four themes emerged from the data: (1) communal connection; (2) expressing and processing emotions; (3) self-empowerment; and (4) multi-dimensional coping. Participants described telling and sharing their story with other HCT patients as therapeutic. Conclusion: DST shows promise as a potential coping tool and offers multiple dimensions of the role of narrative as a coping technique, in community building, and in patient-centered contexts within HCT.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 359-380 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Narrative Inquiry |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 12 2021 |
Keywords
- Bone marrow transplantation
- Digital storytelling
- Distress coping
- Metacommunication
- Narrative
- Qualitative
- Stem cell transplantation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education
- History
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Literature and Literary Theory