Table 2 Overview of themes and sub-themes
From: How older adults recovering from substance use problems experience mattering
Theme 1: Relational experiences of mattering and not mattering |
Family, partner and friend-related experiences of mattering |
Family-related experiences of not mattering |
Theme 2: Service-related experiences of mattering and not mattering |
Being respected, understood and seen |
Being ignored and neglected |
Theme 3: Recovery, psychological sense of community and mattering as interrelated phenomena |
Interrelations in feeling valued by self and others |
Interrelations in adding value to others |