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| God and the search for meaning among hospice caregivers | | Author(s) | Jacqueline Ruth Mickley, Kenneth I Pargament, Curtis R Brant |
| Journal title | The Hospice Journal, vol 13, no 4, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 1-18 |
| Source | Haworth Document Delivery Center, The Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA. |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Religion ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Terminal care ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | One context in which caregivers can appraise stressful situations is through religious views about God. The purposes of this study were: to describe both religious and non-religious appraisals of caregiving for a terminally ill patient; and to explore the relationship between these appraisals with caregivers' situational, mental health and spiritual health outcomes. 92 caregivers completed a questionnaire consisting of religious and non-religious appraisals, general and religious outcomes, depression, anxiety and purpose in life. Caregivers who appraised their situation as part of God's plan or as a means of gaining strength or understanding from God reported positive outcomes. Caregivers who viewed their situation as unjust, as unfair punishment from God, or as desertion from God had low scores on mental and spiritual health outcomes. Religious appraisals made a significant and unique contribution to the prediction of situational, mental and spiritual outcomes above and beyond the effects of non-religious appraisals. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990223237 A |
| Classmark | P6: TR: EX: LV: 4C: 7T |
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