Matching Brains
a peer-to-peer community that supports young people in their recovery after a brain injury
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7146/pl.v46i1.157774Keywords:
brain injury, community, dialogue, peer-to-peer, resonance, young peopleAbstract
Being a young person in an accelerating society can make it difficult to find their way back to a meaningful life characterised by well-being after a brain injury. The purpose of this study is to investigate experiences with a peer-topeer community (Matching Brains) supporting young people in their recovery after a brain injury. Methodologically, this is a qualitative study based on 16 interviews with young people, a focus group interview with two youth mentors and 11 questionnaires answered by young people after participation in the MB programme. The empirical data points to four general themes that unfold the participants’ perceived experiences connected to the peer-to-peer community: Opportunity for resonance, new knowledge and dialogic skills, to create
meaning by being something to someone else, space to be and find yourself. We conclude that a peer-to-peer community can facilitate reverberation, mirroring and resonance if there is a framework and competencies that support this and if its facilitation is based on dialogic principles.
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