Spirituality and psychological well-being: testing a theory of family interdependence among family caregivers and their elders.
The family spirituality-psychological well-being model was developed and tested to explore how spirituality influences psychological well-being among elders and caregivers in the context of Korean family caregiving. The sample consisted of 157 Korean elder-family caregiver dyads in Seoul, Korea. The intraclass correlation coefficient and the actor-partner interdependence statistical model were used to analyze the data. There were significant correlations between elders' and caregivers' spirituality and between elders' and caregivers' psychological well-being. Elders' and caregivers' spirituality significantly influenced their own psychological well-being. The caregiver's spirituality significantly influenced the elder's psychological well-being, but the elder's spirituality did not significantly influence the caregiver's psychological well-being. Findings suggest that elders' and caregivers' spirituality should be assessed within the family to provide holistic nursing interventions.
Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Suk-Sun
SS
Kim
Pamela G
PG
Reed
R David
RD
Hayward
Youngmi
Y
Kang
Harold G
HG
Koenig
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003469:Culture; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D029181:Spirituality; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology