Spiritual and religious coping values and beliefs among African American caregivers: A qualitative study
Spiritual and religious coping values and beliefs among African American caregivers: A qualitative study
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DOI：
10.1177/0733464807302669
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发表时间：
2007-08-01
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3
通讯作者：
Cohen, Monique D.
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Dilworth-Anderson, Peggye;Boswell, Gracie;Cohen, Monique D.
本研究以303名非裔美国照顾者为样本，探讨宗教信仰、参与和精神信仰是否以及如何帮助照顾者照顾年长的亲属。结果显示，所有护理人员群体（仅一级、二级、三级和三级）中有7%至22%表示从礼拜场所获得了帮助。当教会提供支持时，主要是情感上的支持（即，建议和鼓励）。绝大多数照顾者（78%至86%）表示，他们的精神信仰对他们的照顾有“很大”帮助。通过定性分析，四个领域的精神信仰如何帮助照顾者出现的数据。这四个领域，按频率顺序，包括忍受的力量（45%），对照顾他们的人的责任感和互惠（24%），鼓励和灵感的信念（24%），以及对给予照顾的积极感受的满足感（7%）。
Using a sample of 303 African American caregivers, this study examines ifand how religious affiliation, involvement, and spiritual beliefs help caregivers in providing care to older relatives. Results show that 7% to 22% of all groups of caregivers (primary, secondary, tertiary, and tertiary only) reported receiving help from their places of worship. When church support was provided, it was mostly emotional support (i.e., advice and encouragement). An overwhelming percentage, between 78% and 86%, of all caregivers indicated that their spiritual beliefs helped them "a lot" with giving care. Through qualitative analysis, four domains of how spiritual beliefs helped caregivers emerged from the data. These four domains, in order of frequency, include the strength to endure (45%), a sense of duty and reciprocity toward those who had cared for them (24%), faith for encouragement and inspiration (24%), and gratification to foster positive feelings about giving care (7%).