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Issues in Mental Health Nursing Volume 34, 2013 - Issue 10
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Moving toward Reclaiming Life: Lived Experiences of Being Physically Active Among Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities

Oona LasseniusKarolinska Institutet, Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society, Division of Nursing, Huddinge, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
, RN, MNSc, PhD Student,
Maria ArmanKarolinska Institutet, Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society, Division of Nursing, Huddinge, Sweden
, RN, PhD, Associate Professor,
Anne SöderlundMälardalen University, School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Västerås, Sweden
, RPT, PhD, Professor,
Ingemar ÅkerlindMälardalen University, School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Västerås, Sweden
, PhD, Professor &
Lena Wiklund-GustinMälardalen University, School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Västerås, Sweden, and Faculty of Health and Society, Narvik University College, Narvik, Norway
, RN, PhD, Associate Professor
Pages 739-746 | Published online: 25 Sep 2013
 
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Abstract

There is abundant documentation in research about the significant relationship between physical activity and mental health, but there is still more to be learned about what can enhance motivation to become more physically active. Fourteen persons with psychiatric disabilities were interviewed about their experiences of being physically active, and data was analyzed using a phenomenological-hermeneutic method. Five themes emerged: Capability for Living, Liberation from a Heavy Mind, Companionship in Being in Motion, Longing for Living One's Life, and Struggling with Limitations. The interpreted meaning of being physically active was to be moving toward reclaiming one's life.

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