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Generativity among persons providing or receiving peer or mutual support: A scoping review
Gerald Jordan1, Rachael Grazioplene1, Ana Florence1
1Department of Psychiatry.
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal
|October 7, 2021
Summary
People with lived experience can foster generativity, contributing to recovery and societal betterment. This review synthesizes knowledge on generative actions, facilitators, and impacts within peer support, identifying areas for future research.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Social Work
- Mental Health Recovery
Background:
- Peer and mutual support are vital for mental illness recovery.
- Generativity, defined as concern and contribution to others, may enhance recovery.
- Knowledge gaps exist regarding generativity experiences and impacts in peer support.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore experiences and facilitators of generativity among individuals with lived experience of mental illness.
- To understand the impact of engaging in generativity on peer support participants.
- To identify areas for future research and implementation of peer support initiatives.
Main Methods:
- A librarian-assisted scoping review of the literature was conducted.
- The review involved identifying research questions, selecting studies, charting data, and summarizing results.
- 18 articles were included from an initial screening of 11,862.
Main Results:
- Generative actions included helping others, system change, and storytelling.
- Facilitators of generativity were identified at individual and organizational levels.
- Engaging in generativity had a positive psychosocial impact.
Conclusions:
- This study highlights knowledge gaps in understanding generativity within peer support.
- Findings can inform peer support initiatives to foster generativity and promote recovery.
- Further research is needed to investigate these aspects more deeply.
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