Personal wellbeing networks, social capital and severe mental illness: findings from an exploratory study
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<jats:sec id="S0007125018000284_sec_a1"><jats:title>Background</jats:title><jats:p>Connectedness is a central dimension of personal recovery from severe mental illness (SMI). Research reports that people with SMI have lower social capital and poorer-quality social networks compared to the general population.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec id="S0007125018000284_sec_a2"><jats:title>Aims</jats:title><jats:p>To identify personal well-being network (PWN) types and explore additional insights from mapping connections to places and activities alongside social ties.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec id="S0007125018000284_sec_a3" sec-type="methods"><jats:title>Method</jats:title><jats:p>We carried out 150 interviews with individuals with SMI and mapped social ties, places and activities and their impact on well-being. PWN types were developed using social network analysis and hierarchical<jats:italic>k</jats:italic>-means clustering of this data.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec id="S0007125018000284_sec_a4" sec-type="results"><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>Three PWN types were identified: formal and sparse; family and stable; and diverse and active. Well-being and social capital varied within and among types. Place and activity data indicated important contextual differences within social connections that were not found by mapping social networks alone.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec id="S0007125018000284_sec_a5" sec-type="conclusion"><jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title><jats:p>Place locations and meaningful activities are important aspects of people's social worlds. Mapped alongside social networks, PWNs have important implications for person-centred recovery approaches through providing a broader understanding of individual's lives and resources.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec id="S0007125018000284_sec_a6"><jats:title>Declaration of interest</jats:title><jats:p>None.</jats:p></jats:sec>
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