Identity and chronic illness: A biopsychosocial analysis of the illness integration continuum. KU Leuven
Up to 20% of adolescents have a chronic illness and many struggle with lifestyle changes and treatment adherence. Chronic illness poses major challenges to these youngsters in the transition to adulthood because they have to reconcile the illness with their identity. However, an overarching framework of illness identity (or the degree to which chronic illness is integrated into one’s elfdefinition) is lacking. The present project bridges ...