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## Purpose: The relevance of self-concept change in the process of psychosocial adjustment following multiple sclerosis (ms) diagnosis has become more apparent in recent years. the current study aimed to investigate the experience of self-concept change as described by an ms sample. ## Methods: Sixteen people (aged 26-67 years, 62.5% female) who had been living with ms for an average of 12 years, participated in a single online semi-structured interview. all interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. ## Results: Thematic analysis guided by phenomenology produced three superordinate themes: 1) changing life (salient external events that were related to changing views of self), 2) changing self (the experience of self-concept change), and 3) changing thoughts (the internal thought processes that served as the filter between changing life circumstances and changing self-views). overall, external events appeared to facilitate a process of internally driven revaluations and redefinitions of self-concept both globally and within specific self domains. ## Conclusion: Self-concept change due to ms emerges as a complex internal process, often arising from external challenges a

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Author

Holly Emery; Christine Padgett; Tamara Ownsworth; Cynthia A. Honan

Publisher

Informa UK Limited

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)