The Relationship Between Spirituality, Purpose in Life, and Well-Being in HIV-Positive Persons

Litwinczuk, Kathleen M.; Groh, Carla J.

doi:10.1016/j.jana.2007.03.004

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“…Spirituality is found to have a correlation with purpose in life [19]. This study revealed that the spiritual response of the respondents was accept and make peace of the condition.…”

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confidence: 72%

Family Experience in Caring for HIV Positive-Indonesian Migrant Workers: A Phenomenological Study

Nursalam¹,

Kurniawati²,

Bakar³

et al. 2017

Proceedings of the 8th International Nursing Conference on Education, Practice and Research Development in Nursing (INC 2017)

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Abstract-This study aimed to investigate the experience of family and relative of Indonesian migrant workers to take care of their family members who are HIV-infected. Method. This study employed a phenomenological hermeneutics methodology. Data were gathered from 9 respondents who were primary carers of HIV-infected patients in two districts in East Java in 2014. Indepth interviews were conducted at the respondents' home to collect data to be analyzed qualitatively. Results. The family and relatives taking care of HIV-infected patients have accepted the patients' conditions although they still feel anxious about possible transmission of HIV disease. Moreover, respondents stated that they had to be very careful not to disclose the patients' status about having infected with HIV due to high level of stigma and discrimination towards HIV patients so that patients could maintain a comfortable social interaction with other family members, relatives and neighbors. Conclusion. Taking care of HIV-infected person provides a rich psychological, social and spiritual experience to the respondents.

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“…Spirituality is found to have a correlation with purpose in life [19]. This study revealed that the spiritual response of the respondents was accept and make peace of the condition.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 72%

Family Experience in Caring for HIV Positive-Indonesian Migrant Workers: A Phenomenological Study

Nursalam¹,

Kurniawati²,

Bakar³

et al. 2017

Proceedings of the 8th International Nursing Conference on Education, Practice and Research Development in Nursing (INC 2017)

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“…Using other conceptualisations of religiosity a positive association with purpose in life was reported by the following studies: Gladding, Lewis, and Adkins (1981) using their own scale of religiosity among 350 students; Paloutzian and Ellison (1982) using their Spiritual Wellbeing Scale among 206 students; Jackson and Coursey (1988) using a measure of church attendance among 98 black Baptists; Richards (1991) using a measure of intensity of prayer experience among 345 participants in a nondenominational programme; Carroll (1993) using an index of spiritual practices among 100 members of Alcoholics Anonymous; Gerwood, LeBlanc and Piazza (1998) using an index of spiritual satisfaction among 130 senior citizens; Sherman, Plante, Simonton, Adams, Harbison, and Buris (2000) using the Duke Religious Index among 104 cancer patients and 175 gynaecology patients; Piedmont and Leech (2002) using their Spiritual Transcendence Scale among 369 students in India; Litwinczuk and Groh (2007) using the Spiritual Involvement and Beliefs Scale Revised (Hutch, Burg, Naberhaus, & Hellmich, 1998), among 46 HIV-positive men and women; Piedmont (2007) using the Spiritual Transcendence Scale among 622 Filipino adults; Ciarrocchi and Brelsford (2009) using the Faith Maturity Scale (Benson, Donahue, & Erickson, 1993) among 602 participants in a general population study; Piedmont, Ciarrocchi, Dy-Liacco, and Williams (2009) using their own Religious Involvement Scale among 467 college students; Dy-Liacco, Piedmont, Murray-Swank, Rodgerson, and Sherman (2009) using a four-item index of religiosity among a convenience sample of 654 Filipino nationals; and Halama, Martos, and Adamovová (2010) using the short-form Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity (Francis, Lewis, Philipchalk, Lester, & Brown, 1995) among 274 students in Slovakia and 249 students in Hungary.…”

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Implicit religion, explicit religion and purpose in life: an empirical enquiry among 13- to 15-year-old adolescents

Francis

2013

Mental Health, Religion & Culture

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In his analysis of the construct 'implicit religion' Edward Bailey speaks of those individuals 'who believe in Christianity' but who do not display the behaviours of explicit religion, like church attendance. A recent research tradition has tried to operationalise this understanding of implicit religion by studying those who believe that they can be a Christian without going to church. A longer established research tradition has demonstrated the association between explicit religiosity and an enhanced sense of purpose in life. The aim of the present study is to test the hypothesis that implicit religiosity (in the sense of believing that you can be a Christian without going to church) is also associated with an enhanced sense of purpose in life. Data provided by a sample of 25,825 13-to 15-year-old adolescents support this hypothesis. In turn these findings support the notion that implicit religion (in the sense operationalised by this study) fulfils some functions similar to those fulfilled by explicit religion.

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“…SWB has been shown to assist in coping with stressful life events (Bekelman et al 2009). Previous studies conducted on spirituality in patients with chronic diseases such as multiple sclerosis (McNulty et al, 2004), and AIDS (Litwinczuk & Groh, 2007) shows that it has a significant relationship with health and is useful in adjusting with the disease.…”

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Spiritual wellbeing of Iranian patients with acute coronary syndromes: a cross-sectional descriptive study

Jahani

Rejeh

Heravi‐Karimooi

et al. 2014

Journal of Research in Nursing

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Abstract:Spiritual well-being harmonizes several dimensions of human life and is essential for coping with diseases. Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) cause crisis in physical, psychological aspects and spiritual dimensions of patients' lives. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of spiritual well-being and its dimensions in patients with ACS. A crosssectional descriptive study was conducted. For data collection, Paloutzian and Ellison's Spiritual Well-being self-report questionnaire was filled in by 364 patients with ACS. Patients referred to cardiac wards of five teaching hospitals in Tehran between August 2011 and April 2012 were recruited using the convenient sampling method. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings revealed that the majority of patients (97.9%) benefited from moderate spiritual well-being, although religious well-being was higher than existential well-being in the patients. It is concluded that nurses are required to improve their cultural and contextual knowledge of patients' spiritual well-being to meet patients' needs in nursing care. Spiritual beliefs can influence coping with diseases, help patients to find meaning and purpose in life to deal with problems resulting from physical and mental illnesses. These findings can be used to suggest the incorporation of religious aspects of spirituality into care programs designed to improve the quality of life of patients with ACS.http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jrn Journal of Research in Nursing The findings revealed that the majority of patients (97.9%) benefited from moderate spiritual well-being, although religious well-being was higher than existential well-being in the patients. It is concluded that nurses are required to improve their cultural and contextual knowledge of patients' spiritual well-being to meet patients' needs in nursing care. Spiritual beliefs can influence coping with diseases, help patients to find meaning and purpose in life to deal with problems resulting from physical and mental illnesses. These findings can be used to suggest the incorporation of religious aspects of spirituality into care programs designed to improve the quality of life of patients with ACS.Keywords: acute coronary syndrome, existential well-being, heart disease, religious well-being, spiritual well-being, spirituality. Key points• Tendency to spirituality increases with age;• Creating spiritual meaning in life plays an important role in coping with stressful situations caused by diseases;• It is required to incorporate religion and spirituality into nursing education curricula to prepare nurses to develop care plans designed to improve the quality of life of patients.• Future studies with a qualitative design are suggested to improve our understanding on how spirituality interventions can be incorporated into nurses' care planning from both nurses and patients' perspectives.

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The Relationship Between Spirituality, Purpose in Life, and Well-Being in HIV-Positive Persons

Cited by 55 publications

References 24 publications

Family Experience in Caring for HIV Positive-Indonesian Migrant Workers: A Phenomenological Study

Family Experience in Caring for HIV Positive-Indonesian Migrant Workers: A Phenomenological Study

Implicit religion, explicit religion and purpose in life: an empirical enquiry among 13- to 15-year-old adolescents

Spiritual wellbeing of Iranian patients with acute coronary syndromes: a cross-sectional descriptive study

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