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How can existential or spiritual strengths be fostered in palliative care?:An interpretative synthesis of recent literature.
No full textBACKGROUND: Patients receiving palliative care may benefit greatly when their existential or spiritual strengths are fostered. To date however, there has not been a comprehensive literature review of patient and care professional approaches that are available. AIMS: To describe and synthesise existential or spiritual strength-based approaches within the context of palliative care. METHODS: Literature search of 2436 articles between January 1999 and March 2019 in Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL and PsycINFO. Articles were included if they deal with a palliative care situation, focus on the patient, specific existential/spiritual strength, discernible strength approach and an analysis of the workings of that approach. The interpretative synthesis consisted of a thematic analysis of the included articles and an integration of themes. RESULTS: In the 14 included articles, 5 different strengths were found to be fostered by 16 approaches: (1) Meaning was fostered by: maintaining normalcy, experiencing sanctuaries, reassessing importance and reconstructing positive self; (2) Connection by: opening up, giving/receiving care and envisioning continuation; (3) Agency by: maintaining control, refocusing goals and continuous adaptation; (4) Hope through: setting special targets, imagining alternate outcomes, building a collection and extending wishes; (5) Faith through: living the tradition and relating to a benevolent force. Strengths and approaches are visualised in an overarching analytical framework: 'the Propeller'. CONCLUSIONS: The constructed Propeller framework can be used to become aware of, apply and further develop approaches to foster existential or spiritual strengths among patients receiving palliative care
The views of Dutch primary school principals on contributing to children's upbringing in education and collaborating with parents
No full textThis study focuses on how professionals in primary education contribute to children's upbringing, and engage in upbringing-related collaboration with parents. Eleven Dutch principals are interviewed about views, practices, and leadership. All of them recognise upbringing in education, and describe interwovenness of care, teaching and upbringing. Contributions to upbringing strongly relate to learning. Especially children's school readiness and the establishment of conditions for learning require intensified upbringing support. Teachers’ empathy and attitude of equality support the collaboration with parents on upbringing. The narratives reveal the complexities of leadership on upbringing and teacher-parent collaboration, amid the differing upbringing contexts, interests and views
How to attune to spiritual sources of strength of people with mild to moderate dementia
No full textThis dataset is for replication and follow-up research purposes. It consists of all key documents from data collection to data analysis of the research project. See the readme document for the relevant procedure and document description
How can existential or spiritual strengths be fostered in palliative care? An interpretative synthesis of recent literature
No full textThis dataset is for replication and follow-up research purposes. It consists of all key documents from data collection to data analysis of the research project. See the readme document for the relevant procedure and document description
Spirituality as a Predictor of Well-Being, Mental Distress or Both:A Four-Week Follow-Up Study in a Sample of Dutch and Belgian Adults
No full textIn general, studies of spirituality show positive associations with measures of well-being, but less is known about the possible role of mental distress in this association. Following the two-continua model of mental health, the current quantitative four-week follow-up study examines how spirituality is associated with well-being and mental distress. Spirituality is measured using the Spirituality Attitude and Interest List questionnaire (SAIL), well-being by the Dutch Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHCSF-SF), and mental distress by the Symptom Questionnaire (SQ-48). At baseline, 874 adults from the Netherlands and Belgium completed the online questionnaire; four weeks later, 560 participants completed the follow-up questionnaire. Multiple regression analyses showed that spirituality at baseline, and in particular the subscale on ‘meaning in life,’ predicted higher well-being scores at follow-up after adjustment for baseline well-being scores. Spirituality also predicted changes in mental distress scores, in particular on the subscales of trust and transcendent experience. However, these associations were in opposite directions. Trust was associated with a small decrease in mental distress over time and transcendent experience was associated with a small increase in mental distress over time. The results confirm the importance of meaning in life, trust, and transcendent experience as elements of mental health