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Spirituality and psychological well‐being: Testing a theory of family interdependence among family caregivers and their elders
Author(s) -
Kim SukSun,
Reed Pamela G.,
Hayward R. David,
Kang Youngmi,
Koenig Harold G.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.20425
Subject(s) - spirituality , family caregivers , psychology , psychological intervention , context (archaeology) , clinical psychology , well being , gerontology , psychotherapist , medicine , psychiatry , paleontology , alternative medicine , pathology , biology
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. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health