title: African-American spirituality: a concept analysis.
abstract: Culturally competent care for African Americans requires sensitivity to spirituality as a component of the cultural context. To foster understanding, measurement, and delivery of the spiritual component of culturally competent care, this article presents an evolutionary concept analysis of African-American spirituality. The analysis is based on a sample of multidisciplinary research studies reflecting spirituality of African Americans. Findings indicate that African-American spirituality involves quintessential, internal, external, consoling, and transformative attributive dimensions. Findings are considered in relation to previous conceptual analyses of spirituality and suggest that defining attributes of African-American spirituality are both global and culturally prominent. Implications for practice and research are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Kelley
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Newlin
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Knafl
authors.forename: Gail D'Eramo
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Melkus
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D029181:Spirituality; D014481:United States