Exploring the Experiences and Communication of Living with Bipolar Disorder among Latinx College Students in the United States

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dc.contributor.advisorKhan, Shamshad
dc.contributor.authorGamboa, Leonardo
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDeTurk, Sara
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMcDonald, Jamie
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-09T21:10:48Z
dc.date.available2023-05-17
dc.date.available2024-02-09T21:10:48Z
dc.date.issued2021
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dc.description.abstractThis study seeks to explore the multiple ways in which Latina/o/x/Chicanx college students in the United States, who are diagnosed with bipolar disorder, experience and communicate their conditions of living with the disorder and whether and how their understandings about their health, illness, and identity connect with the dominant discourse related to mental health. This research draws on critical theoretical perspectives and employed a qualitative research design to collect and analyze data, specifically autoethnography and in-depth interviews in the forms of pláticas. Using Anzaldúa's (1987, 2002, 2015) concept of nepantla, participants and the researcher (who was also a participant of the study) illustrate how they communicated conceptions of identity, health, and illness within ambiguities. Findings show that participants experienced ambiguities stemming from competing discourse and expressed feeling caught between worlds as they simultaneously coped with stigma from multiple directions; participants appropriated and resisted domination through agentic efforts to emancipate themselves; finally, participants grappled with normative discourse that informed their logic as they negotiated what is normal vs. what is abnormal.
dc.description.departmentCommunication
dc.format.extent100 pages
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12588/3455
dc.languageen
dc.subjectBipolar Disorder
dc.subjectIdentity
dc.subjectLatinx
dc.subjectMental Illness
dc.subjectNepantla
dc.subjectPlática
dc.subject.classificationLatin American studies
dc.subject.classificationHealth education
dc.titleExploring the Experiences and Communication of Living with Bipolar Disorder among Latinx College Students in the United States
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thesis.degree.departmentCommunication
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at San Antonio
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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