Does God Work in All Things to the Good of Those Who Love Him? Family Caregivers of Persons with Early-Stage Dementia Share Their Spiritual Struggles
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3334293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Sears Mcgee (0000-0001-9210-0831, Baylor University, corresponding author), Morgan Davies (0000-0003-0570-8027, Baylor University), Rebecca Meraz (0000-0001-8683-8565, Baylor University), Dennis Myers, Dennis R Myers (0000-0003-4185-7388, Baylor University), Michaela Mcelroy (0000-0001-6269-5344, Baylor University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 645 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel13070645 |
| OpenAlex | W4285394696 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 31 |
Spiritual struggles are distressing thoughts, feelings, or shifts in behaviors pertaining to faith/life philosophy in response to traumatic/stressful experiences. There is limited research on this phenomenon among family caregivers of persons in the early-stages of dementia (PWD). The purpose of this qualitative study, therefore, was to better understand spiritual struggles in this population. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, we analyzed interviews of 28 caregivers of PWD in the early stages. There were three broad areas for spiritual struggles in their narratives: (1) transpersonal spiritual struggles (e.g., struggles with God or a higher power in the context of caregiving); (2) interpersonal spiritual struggles (e.g., struggles with communities of faith related to the lived experience of being a caregiver of a loved one with dementia); and (3) intrapersonal spiritual struggles (e.g., struggles around beliefs, morality or ultimate meaning related to caregiving). Themes and subthemes under each of these areas are expounded upon. The importance of identifying/addressing spiritual struggles among family caregivers of PWD and areas for future research are highlighted
Dementia · Faith · Feeling · Interpersonal communication · Interpretative phenomenological analysis · Intrapersonal communication · Narrative · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Sociology · Spirituality · Transpersonal · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
Assumptive Worlds and the Stress of Traumatic Events
Family Caregiving of Persons With Dementia
Anger, exit, and assertion
When parents break sacred vows
Caring for a family member with early stage alzheimer’s disease
Transforming the narrative of aging and dementia in faith communities
Supporting Healthy Dementia Culture
The Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA)
Families Caring for an Aging America
Correlates of Physical Health of Informal Caregivers
Meaning Reconstruction in the Context of Religious Coping
Predictors of Growth and Decline Following Spiritual Struggles
What Sort of a God is to be Found in dementia
Religion and the Sanctification of Family Relationships
The Brief RCOPE
Thematic Analysis
Sacrilege
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |