Negotiating the Social Self in Chronic Spinal Pain: A Qualitative Study

Purpose: This study examined how people living with chronic spinal pain experience, interpret and navigate social representations of their condition and the interactions these generate across clinical, occupational, and personal settings. Materials and Methods: Thirty semi-structured interviews were analysed using an approach informed by constructivist grounded theory, through initial, focused and theoretical coding. Results: Five categories emerged, capturing how social representations and relational dynamics threatened the social self and prompted deliberate strategies for restoring agency.

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