Love and lifestyle: how 'relational healthism' structures couples' talk of engagement with lifestyle advice associated with a new diagnosis of coronary heart disease.

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dc.citation.issue12
dc.citation.volume38
dc.contributor.authorRobson M
dc.contributor.authorRiley S
dc.contributor.authorGagen E
dc.contributor.authorMcKeogh D
dc.coverage.spatialEngland
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-20T00:48:08Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-20T01:38:00Z
dc.date.available2022-02-21
dc.date.available2023-11-20T00:48:08Z
dc.date.available2023-11-20T01:38:00Z
dc.date.issued2023-12
dc.description.abstractObjectives Healthy lifestyle change improves outcomes in coronary heart disease (CHD), but is rarely sustained. To better understand barriers to lifestyle change, we examined couples’ talk of engaging with lifestyle advice after one partner receives a diagnosis of CHD. Design A longitudinal qualitative design, in which a poststructuralist discourse analysis was performed on 35 interviews, conducted with 22 heterosexual British people in a long term relationship. The interviews occurred over three months after one partner was referred to a cardiac rehabilitation programme designed to support lifestyle change. Results Couples understood their health as a shared practice underpinned by an ideological framework of healthism, creating a form of ‘relational healthism’. Practicing relational healthism was not straightforward because the practices of surveillance, control, and discipline related to healthism often contravened relationship norms of support, acceptance and respect for the other’s autonomy. Couples struggled to resolve this tension, dynamically adopting, resisting, and occasionally transforming discourses of health and love in ways that worked for and against engagement in lifestyle change. Conclusion In foregrounding the discursive and relational contexts of behavioural change engagement, we show the considerable complexity for couples, including costs related to engagement with lifestyle advice.
dc.format.pagination1606-1622
dc.identifier.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35187996
dc.identifier.citationRobson M, Riley S, Gagen E, McKeogh D. (2023). Love and lifestyle: how 'relational healthism' structures couples' talk of engagement with lifestyle advice associated with a new diagnosis of coronary heart disease.. Psychol Health. 38. 12. (pp. 1606-1622).
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/08870446.2022.2033240
dc.identifier.eissn1476-8321
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn0887-0446
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/69145
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Group
dc.relation.isPartOfPsychol Health
dc.rights(c) 2022 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectLifestyle change
dc.subjectcoronary heart disease
dc.subjectcouples health
dc.subjectdiscourse
dc.subjecthealthism
dc.titleLove and lifestyle: how 'relational healthism' structures couples' talk of engagement with lifestyle advice associated with a new diagnosis of coronary heart disease.
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.elements-id451224
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