重建有意义的自我:慢性病患者的身份工作
Loraine Sonia Clur1, Antoni Barnard1
1Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa.
Qualitative health research
|December 10, 2024
概括
患有慢性疾病的人通过调和一个被破坏的自我与一个理想的自我来重建他们的身份. 这种创造意义的过程有助于他们建立有目的,有联系和有决心的自我意识.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 健康心理学 心理健康心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 在全球范围内,慢性疾病影响着许多人,需要研究适应和应对机制.
- 重建自我意识对于慢性疾病 (PwCD) 患者的心理社会调整至关重要.
- 创造意义是PwCD如何应对诊断的核心,但他们的身份工作仍未得到充分探索.
研究的目的:
- 通过创造意义的镜头探索患有慢性疾病 (PwCD) 的人的身份工作.
- 了解PwCD中的心理社会调整过程.
- 确定PwCD如何在诊断后重建他们的自我意识.
主要方法:
- 采用了深入的多个案例研究设计.
- 数据收集涉及三个参与者的半结构面试,文档分析和日记.
- 数据分析使用了解释性的现象学分析和灵活的模式匹配.
主要成果:
- 参与者叙述了一个"破碎的身份",标志着中断,不连续性和损失.
- 他们通过存在性反思设想了一个'理想的身份'.
- 一个"有意义的身份"是通过调和破碎和理想的自我,应用弗兰克尔的创造意义的原则重建.
结论:
- 一个有意义的自我重建涉及创造一个有目的的 (创造性的),连接 (经验性的) 和确定 (态度) 的自我.
- 帮助专业人士和组织可以支持PwCD重建他们有意义的自我.
- 促进身份工作是帮助PwCD寻找有意义的自我的关键.
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