INTRODUCTION Nurses' spiritual wellbeing and their attitude toward spirituality and competence of nurses in providing of spiritual care can affect the quality of care in nursing. The aim of this study was to evaluate spiritual wellbeing, attitude toward spiritual care and its relationship with the spiritual care competence among nurses. METHODS This was a correlational descriptive study condu...

Under the current civilizational crisis, we need a promising model of world order and have to focus on its features advantages compared historically preceding types civilizations. The authors solve two main tasks: first, they explain identification development in diachronic dimension search project that meets best contemporary needs realities; second, examine spiritual-ecological strategy as ba...

This article, based on ethnographic fieldwork including twelve months of participant observation and 428 interviews with 84 converts and leaders in Pentecostal ministries founded and run by former addicts in Puerto Rico, describes redefined masculinity as a treatment for addiction. Industrial disinvestment and resulting unemployment and drug trade in urban North and Latin America have led to na...

The Brief RCOPE is a 14-item measure of religious coping with major life stressors. As the most commonly used measure of religious coping in the literature, it has helped contribute to the growth of knowledge about the roles religion serves in the process of dealing with crisis, trauma, and transition. This paper reports on the development of the Brief RCOPE and its psychometric status. The sca...

The growing complexity, opaqueness and specialization of many areas of life and - above all - a booming psychological and esoteric market create the necessity for counselling and advice for individuals who encounter so-called 'paranormal' experiences. These experiences are often interpreted as 'transpersonal' or 'spiritual', depending on the cultural background and religious traditions. The ter...

Predisposing narcissistic personality factors and the unique demands of the ministry may combine to create an emotional and spiritual crisis in some members of the clergy. This article examines (a) the concept of selective or inadequate mirroring that can contribute to Ihe development of a false self in narcissistically vulnerable clergy, (b) the unique demands of the ministry that can reinforc...

Dear Editor: We have been challenged with how to best meet the needs of patients and families wishing to withdraw life sustaining treatment (e.g., ventilator, pressor support, or circulatory assistance) in the home with hospice care. We developed a guideline based on our experiences in our inpatient care center, homes and local hospitals. Our major challenges have included clarifying the goals-...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To identify spiritual well-being and spiritual practices in women with gynecologic cancer. DESIGN Descriptive, cross-sectional. SETTING Urban and rural communities in southeast Florida. SAMPLE Convenience sample of 85 women (X age = 65.72 years) with some form of gynecologic cancer. METHODS Participants completed questionnaires to assess spiritual well-being and spiri...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To review literature about oncology and nononcology nurses' attitudes toward spiritual care and the way that their spiritual well-being influences those attitudes. DATA SOURCES Published research and literature review articles, books, master's theses, and doctoral dissertations. DATA SYNTHESIS Spiritual considerations play an important part in the lives of patients with c...

OBJECTIVE Examine longitudinal relationships between spiritual coping and psychological adjustment among adolescents with chronic illness. METHODS Adolescents (N = 128; M = 14.7 years) with cystic fibrosis or diabetes completed measures of spiritual coping and adjustment at 2 time points ∼2 years apart; parents also reported on adolescent adjustment. Prospective relationships between spiritua...