A Visser
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 70633 |
|---|---|
| NOME | A Visser |
| PRENOMES | A |
| SOBRENOME | Visser |
| ASSINATURA | VISSER A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Groningen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3956-3129 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 45 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1999 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Pathways to inner peace
This study explores the extent to which chaplains employ structured methods in their practice in view of home-based chaplaincy in the Netherlands by conducting a secondary analysis of 40 case studies from the Dutch Case Studies Project (2016-21). Findings indicate that chaplains employ a broad range of interventions, among which two structured methods were identified: The Diamond Model and mindfulness. Both methods support clients in coping with …
Goals and outcomes of chaplaincy in varying outpatient, primary, and community care contexts
Several studies have examined the goals and outcomes of chaplaincy within institutional settings. Our study contributes to the literature by examining whether chaplaincy goals and outcomes are specific to different outpatient, primary, and community care contexts. We conducted a round of 9 and one of 8 focus groups, with clients, chaplains, and other professionals from five contexts: the Dutch earthquake zone, general healthcare, pediatric pallia…
Chaplaincy in a pluralistic context
Modern society is characterized by pluralism. We examine how chaplaincy encounters pluralism and what this might mean for chaplaincy and chaplaincy education. Religious pluralism impacts both how the profession is organized and how it is practiced. Financial and legislative structures play an important role in creating space for religious pluralism in chaplaincy. This intersects with "professional pluralism" within spiritual care. In many countri…
The role of pluralisms in the positions and functions of chaplains in Dutch outpatient, community or primary care settings
The transition from inpatient spiritual care to spiritual care in outpatient, community or primary care settings presents various challenges to chaplains. We have examined how chaplaincy organizations navigate different types of pluralism to find their function and position in these settings. Secondary analysis was performed on 37 thick descriptions of chaplaincy organizations, focus group discussions with three of these organizations, and 24 cli…
Development of the Dutch Chaplaincy Outcome Measure
Outcome research is becoming increasingly important in chaplaincy. However, current outcome measures rarely reflect outcomes reflecting chaplaincy goals. This limits the understanding of the effect of chaplaincy care. Therefore, we have developed the Dutch Chaplaincy Outcome Measure (NUGV). It uses a Q-methodology, comprising a two-step sorting task of 25 statements and a brief post-sorting interview. The statements relate to four goals of chapla…
The perceived impact of being a chaplain-researcher on professional practice
As research has become part of chaplaincy, many chaplains become involved in research, often in the double-role of chaplain-researcher. Despite the increase of involvement in research, how conducting research benefits chaplains’ professional care for clients has not been studied. The present study aimed to describe how chaplains perceive the impact of participation in the Dutch Case Studies Project (CSP) on their professional expertise and positi…
The Impact of Climate-Related Security Risks on Community Values
This article explores the impact of climate-related security risks on community values and how that impact influences responses to the risks. Research and practice have paid little attention to how non-material and subjective conditions, especially values, mediate the climate-security nexus. We focused on the impact of land conflicts and food insecurity (as examples of climate-related security risks) on community values through a study of two rur…
Goals of chaplaincy care
A substantial number of (mostly health care) chaplaincy articles have emphasized the need for chaplaincy outcome research. In this study, we contribute to formulating intrinsic chaplaincy outcomes by first identifying chaplaincy goals. To this end, we have performed a scoping review of Dutch chaplaincy literature. We have focused on articles, books, and dissertations published between 2014 and 2019. Six distinct goals of chaplaincy were identifie…
Spirituality in the Context of Well-being. Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties and Added Value of the Spiritual Attitude and Involvement List Short Form (Sail-SF)
There is growing evidence that spiritual well-being is positively associated with adaptive coping and health. The Spiritual Attitude and Involvement List (SAIL) was developed to measure a sense of connectedness to oneself, the environment and the transcendent as a universal experience. The aim of the current study was to develop a short form of the SAIL (SAIL-SF). A factor analytic approach was adopted to select the items for the SAIL-SF based on…
Positioning Chaplaincy in the Pluralistic and Multidisciplinary Dutch Care Context
The professional identity of chaplains is under question because of societal trends of disaffiliation from and pluralization of religion, and of deinstitutionalization of care. Chaplaincy in the Netherlands looks to discourse around "meaning" to navigate these challenges. The use of the term "meaning" as the central concept in the professional identity of chaplaincy (and, by extension, spiritual care) is not undisputed, however. There are three r…
A beacon in the storm
INTRODUCTION: In several Dutch hospitals, healthcare chaplains provide care to accompanying persons at the accident and emergency (A&E) department, even though they have not been trained for such a dynamic, high-intensity environment. We therefore examined the competencies they feel they need in this setting. METHODS: Interviews were conducted with 14 healthcare chaplains from nine hospitals, and with five A&E nurses from two hospitals. RESULTS: …
Participation in Existential Groups Led by Norwegian Healthcare Chaplains—Relations to Psychological Distress, Crisis of Meaning and Meaningfulness
Spirituality groups led by healthcare chaplains have been found to aid patients’ recovery processes in US psychiatric units. In Norway, existential groups (EGs) led by healthcare chaplains and co-led by healthcare staff members are offered at psychiatric units; these groups share commonalities with spirituality groups, group psychotherapy, existential therapy and clinical pastoral care, facilitating patients’ reflections regarding existential, sp…
The Effect of Religiosity and Spirituality on Mental Health
We published a meta-analysis to determine the longitudinal positive effect of religion or spirituality (R/S) on mental health. Forty-eight longitudinal studies were summarized (59 independent samples). The meta-analysis yielded a significant, but small overall effect size of r =.08. We concluded that there is evidence for a positive effect of R/S on mental health, but this effect is small. Our meta-analysis was recently criticized in this Journal…
Does Spirituality or Religion Positively Affect Mental Health? Meta-analysis of Longitudinal Studies
The objective of this meta-analysis was to determine the longitudinal positive effect of religion or spirituality (R/S) on mental health. We summarized 48 longitudinal studies (59 independent samples) using a random effects model. Mental health was operationalized as a continuous and a dichotomous distress measure, life satisfaction, well-being, and quality of life. R/S included participation in public and private religious activities, support fr…
"Introduction to "Spiritual Care for People with Cancer
There is little question that the diagnosis and treatment of cancer increase existential and spiritual needs and that these needs relate to how patients adjust to their experience. This Special Issue of Religions focusses on studies examining spiritual needs and spiritual care interventions among people with early-stage cancer (stages 0-III) or who have chronic/returning types of cancer. The spiritual care interventions discussed in this Special …
Improving Spiritual Care in Hospitals in the Netherlands
Health care chaplains participated in a multicenter trial to explore an implementation strategy for the Dutch multidisciplinary guideline for spiritual care. The intervention was concise spiritual care training for hospital staff of departments where patients in curative and palliative trajectories are treated. Data were collected in semistructured interviews with chaplains who acted as trainers, before and after the intervention. Results based o…
How is spirituality part of people's meaning system
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Does spirituality reduce the impact of somatic symptoms on distress in cancer patients? Cross-sectional and longitudinal findings
Examining whether spirituality predicts subjective well-being
Spirituality may help people to maintain a high level of well-being despite adversity, but several studies that claim to support this statement have used spirituality scales and outcome measures that have overlapping content. This practice seems to be widespread: In an exploratory survey of 8 well-cited journals we found that 26 of 58 studies used a spirituality scale that contains 25% or more of well-being items to examine whether spirituality p…
Validation of the Primacy Care Resources and Support for Chronic Disease Self-Management (PCRS)
The treatment of patients with a chronic condition is challenging the sustainability of healthcare systems worldwide. One possibility to utilize healthcare resources more efficiently is to enhance self-management of patients. However, self-management has not found a commonplace in chronic healthcare and one of the reasons is the lack of self-management support (SMS) given by healthcare professionals. To improve SMS, an assessment of the quality o…
Social Desirability in Health Research
Does Spirituality or Religion Positively Affect Mental Health? Meta-analysis of Longitudinal Studies
The objective of this meta-analysis was to determine the longitudinal positive effect of religion or spirituality (R/S) on mental health. We summarized 48 longitudinal studies (59 independent samples) using a random effects model. Mental health was operationalized as a continuous and a dichotomous distress measure, life satisfaction, well-being, and quality of life. R/S included participation in public and private religious activities, support fr…
Positioning Chaplaincy in the Pluralistic and Multidisciplinary Dutch Care Context
The professional identity of chaplains is under question because of societal trends of disaffiliation from and pluralization of religion, and of deinstitutionalization of care. Chaplaincy in the Netherlands looks to discourse around "meaning" to navigate these challenges. The use of the term "meaning" as the central concept in the professional identity of chaplaincy (and, by extension, spiritual care) is not undisputed, however. There are three r…
Does spirituality reduce the impact of somatic symptoms on distress in cancer patients? Cross-sectional and longitudinal findings
Social Desirability in Health Research
Validation of the Primacy Care Resources and Support for Chronic Disease Self-Management (PCRS)
The treatment of patients with a chronic condition is challenging the sustainability of healthcare systems worldwide. One possibility to utilize healthcare resources more efficiently is to enhance self-management of patients. However, self-management has not found a commonplace in chronic healthcare and one of the reasons is the lack of self-management support (SMS) given by healthcare professionals. To improve SMS, an assessment of the quality o…
Examining whether spirituality predicts subjective well-being
Spirituality may help people to maintain a high level of well-being despite adversity, but several studies that claim to support this statement have used spirituality scales and outcome measures that have overlapping content. This practice seems to be widespread: In an exploratory survey of 8 well-cited journals we found that 26 of 58 studies used a spirituality scale that contains 25% or more of well-being items to examine whether spirituality p…
Improving Spiritual Care in Hospitals in the Netherlands
Health care chaplains participated in a multicenter trial to explore an implementation strategy for the Dutch multidisciplinary guideline for spiritual care. The intervention was concise spiritual care training for hospital staff of departments where patients in curative and palliative trajectories are treated. Data were collected in semistructured interviews with chaplains who acted as trainers, before and after the intervention. Results based o…
How is spirituality part of people's meaning system
TEST 02 - Elsevier's Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Search and access research from the science, technology, medicine, social sciences and arts and humanities fields
Does spirituality reduce the impact of somatic symptoms on distress in cancer patients? Cross-sectional and longitudinal findings
Does Spirituality or Religion Positively Affect Mental Health? Meta-analysis of Longitudinal Studies
The objective of this meta-analysis was to determine the longitudinal positive effect of religion or spirituality (R/S) on mental health. We summarized 48 longitudinal studies (59 independent samples) using a random effects model. Mental health was operationalized as a continuous and a dichotomous distress measure, life satisfaction, well-being, and quality of life. R/S included participation in public and private religious activities, support fr…
"Introduction to "Spiritual Care for People with Cancer
There is little question that the diagnosis and treatment of cancer increase existential and spiritual needs and that these needs relate to how patients adjust to their experience. This Special Issue of Religions focusses on studies examining spiritual needs and spiritual care interventions among people with early-stage cancer (stages 0-III) or who have chronic/returning types of cancer. The spiritual care interventions discussed in this Special …
A beacon in the storm
INTRODUCTION: In several Dutch hospitals, healthcare chaplains provide care to accompanying persons at the accident and emergency (A&E) department, even though they have not been trained for such a dynamic, high-intensity environment. We therefore examined the competencies they feel they need in this setting. METHODS: Interviews were conducted with 14 healthcare chaplains from nine hospitals, and with five A&E nurses from two hospitals. RESULTS: …
Participation in Existential Groups Led by Norwegian Healthcare Chaplains—Relations to Psychological Distress, Crisis of Meaning and Meaningfulness
Spirituality groups led by healthcare chaplains have been found to aid patients’ recovery processes in US psychiatric units. In Norway, existential groups (EGs) led by healthcare chaplains and co-led by healthcare staff members are offered at psychiatric units; these groups share commonalities with spirituality groups, group psychotherapy, existential therapy and clinical pastoral care, facilitating patients’ reflections regarding existential, sp…
The Effect of Religiosity and Spirituality on Mental Health
We published a meta-analysis to determine the longitudinal positive effect of religion or spirituality (R/S) on mental health. Forty-eight longitudinal studies were summarized (59 independent samples). The meta-analysis yielded a significant, but small overall effect size of r =.08. We concluded that there is evidence for a positive effect of R/S on mental health, but this effect is small. Our meta-analysis was recently criticized in this Journal…
Goals of chaplaincy care
A substantial number of (mostly health care) chaplaincy articles have emphasized the need for chaplaincy outcome research. In this study, we contribute to formulating intrinsic chaplaincy outcomes by first identifying chaplaincy goals. To this end, we have performed a scoping review of Dutch chaplaincy literature. We have focused on articles, books, and dissertations published between 2014 and 2019. Six distinct goals of chaplaincy were identifie…
Spirituality in the Context of Well-being. Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties and Added Value of the Spiritual Attitude and Involvement List Short Form (Sail-SF)
There is growing evidence that spiritual well-being is positively associated with adaptive coping and health. The Spiritual Attitude and Involvement List (SAIL) was developed to measure a sense of connectedness to oneself, the environment and the transcendent as a universal experience. The aim of the current study was to develop a short form of the SAIL (SAIL-SF). A factor analytic approach was adopted to select the items for the SAIL-SF based on…
Positioning Chaplaincy in the Pluralistic and Multidisciplinary Dutch Care Context
The professional identity of chaplains is under question because of societal trends of disaffiliation from and pluralization of religion, and of deinstitutionalization of care. Chaplaincy in the Netherlands looks to discourse around "meaning" to navigate these challenges. The use of the term "meaning" as the central concept in the professional identity of chaplaincy (and, by extension, spiritual care) is not undisputed, however. There are three r…
The perceived impact of being a chaplain-researcher on professional practice
As research has become part of chaplaincy, many chaplains become involved in research, often in the double-role of chaplain-researcher. Despite the increase of involvement in research, how conducting research benefits chaplains’ professional care for clients has not been studied. The present study aimed to describe how chaplains perceive the impact of participation in the Dutch Case Studies Project (CSP) on their professional expertise and positi…
The Impact of Climate-Related Security Risks on Community Values
This article explores the impact of climate-related security risks on community values and how that impact influences responses to the risks. Research and practice have paid little attention to how non-material and subjective conditions, especially values, mediate the climate-security nexus. We focused on the impact of land conflicts and food insecurity (as examples of climate-related security risks) on community values through a study of two rur…
Goals and outcomes of chaplaincy in varying outpatient, primary, and community care contexts
Several studies have examined the goals and outcomes of chaplaincy within institutional settings. Our study contributes to the literature by examining whether chaplaincy goals and outcomes are specific to different outpatient, primary, and community care contexts. We conducted a round of 9 and one of 8 focus groups, with clients, chaplains, and other professionals from five contexts: the Dutch earthquake zone, general healthcare, pediatric pallia…
Chaplaincy in a pluralistic context
Modern society is characterized by pluralism. We examine how chaplaincy encounters pluralism and what this might mean for chaplaincy and chaplaincy education. Religious pluralism impacts both how the profession is organized and how it is practiced. Financial and legislative structures play an important role in creating space for religious pluralism in chaplaincy. This intersects with "professional pluralism" within spiritual care. In many countri…
The role of pluralisms in the positions and functions of chaplains in Dutch outpatient, community or primary care settings
The transition from inpatient spiritual care to spiritual care in outpatient, community or primary care settings presents various challenges to chaplains. We have examined how chaplaincy organizations navigate different types of pluralism to find their function and position in these settings. Secondary analysis was performed on 37 thick descriptions of chaplaincy organizations, focus group discussions with three of these organizations, and 24 cli…
Development of the Dutch Chaplaincy Outcome Measure
Outcome research is becoming increasingly important in chaplaincy. However, current outcome measures rarely reflect outcomes reflecting chaplaincy goals. This limits the understanding of the effect of chaplaincy care. Therefore, we have developed the Dutch Chaplaincy Outcome Measure (NUGV). It uses a Q-methodology, comprising a two-step sorting task of 25 statements and a brief post-sorting interview. The statements relate to four goals of chapla…
Pathways to inner peace
This study explores the extent to which chaplains employ structured methods in their practice in view of home-based chaplaincy in the Netherlands by conducting a secondary analysis of 40 case studies from the Dutch Case Studies Project (2016-21). Findings indicate that chaplains employ a broad range of interventions, among which two structured methods were identified: The Diamond Model and mindfulness. Both methods support clients in coping with …
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