Spiritual Well-Being, Intra-Familial Relations, and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia: A Framework Analysis

Abstract

Mental health issues during the pandemic attract the global concerns and has become one of the main focuses in research across disciplines. The involvement of family and the contentment of individuals' religious practices during the COVID-19 pandemic deplete the significant desolation of the issues in mental health worldwide. The aim of the current study is to investigate the individuals' approaches using intra-familial relations and spiritual well-being to enhance their mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. This study is to establish the model framework to assist in the understanding of how such resilient approaches are utilsed by the Malaysians during the pandemic. The approach will proliferate individuals' capacity in sustaining their mental health through family interaction, communication, relationship and their religious rituals and activities. Framework analysis is utilized to extract the elements of the approaches represented by selected theories and models. The study is using the systematic approach to data review ensuring the pre-determined procedure is achieved. The focus on data management, including familiarization, identification of thematic framework, coding, and charting, as well as interpretation, including mapping and description, is highlighted in the current framework analysis. Such a qualitative approach uses the secondary data for the purpose of the analysis, proposed to be developed in four phases. Phase 1 involves the need analysis procedure identifying the components of both approaches, leading to a conceptual model supporting the resilient methods enhancing the mental health. Phase 2 seeks to determine factors contributing to pre-determined procedures in selecting data reviews, verifying the accuracy of review search. Phase 3 is to propose the conceptual model based on data management and interpretation for the Model framework development. Thus, this research would contribute to the individuals and community awareness enhancing their mental health using spiritual well-being and intra-familial relation as approaches in resilience.