The Effects of Logotherapy on Meaning in Life and Quality of Life of Late Adolescents with Terminal Cancer

Kang, Kyung Ah; Shim, Jeoung Sook; Jeon, Dae‐Geun; Koh, Myung Suk

doi:10.4040/jkan.2009.39.6.759

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“…These programs helped participants develop a stronger purpose of life, sense of responsibility, and self-control. These results confirm that meaning-centered intervention can be an effective nursing intervention to help minimize emotional and spiritual pain during periods of suffering and raise one's quality of life [23]. Meaning-centered intervention was also valuable for the adolescents in Park's study [25], who had attempted suicide under stress, depression, and lack of sense of happiness, leading them to find value and purpose in their lives.…”

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“…In more detail, the programs for children having advanced cancer [23], female working children [17], children from broken families [18], and vocational school students [24] taught ways to find one's meaning of life even as they were going through painful times. These programs helped participants develop a stronger purpose of life, sense of responsibility, and self-control.…”

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Systematic Review of Meaning-centered Interventions for Adolescents

Lim

Kang

2018

Child Health Nurs Res

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Purpose:The purpose of this study was to explore the experience of the meaning in life for elementary school students. Methods: The conceptual framework was based on the five main concepts (meaning in life, creativity, experiences, attitudes, choice and responsibility) of logotherapy. Data from 1,600 higher grade elementary school students were analyzed for content of meaning in life. Results: The experiences of meaning in life were identified as follows: Important things in my life (people close to me, things that brings me happiness, to live in earnest, surrounding environment), Activities I like to do (relaxing, achievements, family relationships), Experiences that made me feel like I am loved (taken care of by family, material recompense, being respected), Times when I feel grateful (receive love and care, health), Importance of choices (consequences of bad choices, result of good life choices). Conclusion: These results suggest that elementary school students can understand meaningcentered health education and this kind of education is necessary to promote their wholistic health. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Systematic Review of Meaning-centered Interventions for Adolescents

Lim

Kang

2018

Child Health Nurs Res

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“…An intense feeling of depression may cause meaninglessness, which may in turn lead to suicidal ideation. The opposite, however, may be more possible, in the sense that meaninglessness may affect twofold suicidal behavior in both an indirect way, due to depression that may cause and in a direct way, due to the fact that life and its difficulties seem meaningless (Fitzpatrick, 2009;Heisel & Flett, 2004;Kang, Shim, Jeon, & Koh, 2009;Krause, 2009;Robak & Griffin, 2000;Yang, Staps, & Hijmans, 2010).…”

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Meaning in Life, Psychological Well-Being and Depressive Symptomatology: A Comparative Study

Kleftaras¹,

Psarra²

2012

PSYCH

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The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship of meaning in life and its dimensions to depression and general psychological health, as well as the differences concerning the meaning of life among individuals with low, moderate and high depressive symptomatology. A sample of 401 newly recruited young men for their national service in the navy, completed four questionnaires on meaning in life, depressive symptomatology, psychological health and socio-demographic factors. Significant associations were found between meaning in life and depressive symptoms. As expected, subjects with higher life meaning were found to have lower depressive symptomatology, while subjects with higher depression scores were found to have a lower sense of meaning in life. However, concerning the meaning in life dimensions, only the "contentedness with life" and the "goal achievement" significantly differentiated individuals of low, moderate and high depressive symptomatology. Furthermore, statistical significant correlations were found between meaning in life and the four dimensions of general health. In the same vein, the comparison between individuals with the lower and the higher meaning of life has shown that the two groups differ significantly with regards to psychological health: those with higher meaning of life present a better psychological health. Finally, being married or involved in a romantic relationship, as well as participation in social activities are proven to be significant sources of meaning. These findings point to a definite relationship of meaning in life with depression and psychological health. Implications for psychotherapy and counselling are discussed.

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“…[ 23 ] and Kang et al . [ 24 ] reported that logotherapy improved QOL in adolescents with cancer, and Mosalanejad and Koolee[ 25 ] also supported the benefits of this approach in distressed infertile women.…”

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The effect of education based on the main concepts of logotherapy approach on the quality of life in patients after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

Mahdizadeh¹,

Alavi²,

Ghazavi³

2016

Iranian J Nursing Midwifery Res

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Background:Improving the patients’ quality of life (QOL) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is one of the main concerns of the treatment team. Educational interventions may affect the aspects of QOL in various ways. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of education based on the main concepts of logotherapy approach on the CABG patients’ quality of life.Materials and Methods:In this quasi-experimental study, a convenient sample of 67 patients who had undergone CABG in Isfahan Chamran hospital were randomly allocated to two groups of experimental (n = 35) and control (n = 32). While the control group received routine care, the experiment group benefitted from logotherapy-based education program (six 90-min sessions, twice a week). SF-36 questionnaire was completed by both two groups (before and 1 month after intervention). Descriptive and inferential statistical tests (consisting of independent t-test) were employed to analyze data in SPSS version 13.Results:The pre-test mean total score of SF-36 questionnaire and also the mean scores of its eight dimensions were not significantly different between the two groups. The post-test mean score change [Standard Error (SE)] in the intervention group was 24.95 (3) and in the control group was 9.27 (0.82). There were significant differences between the two groups (P < 0.001). Moreover, the mean scores of six dimensions of QOL (vitality, bodily pain, general health, emotional role, social functioning, and mental health) changed significantly in the intervention group.Conclusions:Our findings indicated that the intervention has improved the patients’ QOL after CABG. Integration of such an intervention in these patients’ rehabilitation programs is recommended.

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The Effects of Logotherapy on Meaning in Life and Quality of Life of Late Adolescents with Terminal Cancer

Cited by 21 publications

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Systematic Review of Meaning-centered Interventions for Adolescents

Systematic Review of Meaning-centered Interventions for Adolescents

Meaning in Life, Psychological Well-Being and Depressive Symptomatology: A Comparative Study

The effect of education based on the main concepts of logotherapy approach on the quality of life in patients after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

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