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Abstract

Spirituality As A Dimension of Coping People encounter with difficulties during life span, like getting a chronic illness diagnosis, elderliness, losing loved ones and being forced to cope with these hard periods. Individuals face with reality of death and self mortality during these periods and this face-off cause an existential inquiry. People get out of this period in which they experience chaos via personal experiences, moral, spiritual and cultural values by developing new meanings about theirselves, the world and future. So, spiritiual dimension is quite important during an individual’s coping with experiences forcing his edges. Spirituality is frequently mixed up with turning to religion and these two concepts are used interchangeably. But spirituality covers turning to religion as it is a more comprehensive concept. Spirituality as a coping dimension, its effect and usage on coping processes is contextualized and how it can be reconsidered by health personnel is discussed in this article.

Keywords

• Stress; coping; spirituality; religion

STRESLE BAŞETMENİN BİR BOYUTU OLARAK SPİRİTÜALİTE

Abstract

Bireyler yaşam sürecinde bir hastalık tanısı alma, hastalığın kronikleşmesi, yaşlılık, sevilen kişilerin kaybı gibi bazı güçlüklerle karşılaşmakta ve bu zorlu süreçlerle baş etmek durumunda kalmaktadırlar. Böyle dönemlerde bireyler ölüm gerçeği ve kendi ölümlülükleri ile yüzleşmekte ve bu yüzleşme varoluşsal bir sorgulamaya neden olmaktadır. Bireyler karmaşa yaşadıkları bu dönemlerden kişisel deneyimleri, ahlaki, spiritüel ve kültürel değerleri aracılığıyla kendisine, dünyaya ve geleceğe ilişkin yeni anlamlar geliştirerek çıkmaktadırlar. İnsanın yaşamında sınırlarını zorlayan deneyimlerle başa çıkmasında ise spiritüel boyut oldukça önemlidir. Spiritüalite sıklıkla yalnızca din olarak düşünülmekte ve çoğu zaman bu iki kavram birbirinin yerine kullanılmaktadır. Ancak spiritüalite, dini de içine alan daha kapsamlı bir kavramdır. Bu makalede bir baş etme boyutu olarak spiritüalite, spiritüalitenin bir boyutu olan dine yönelmenin baş etme süreçleri olarak kullanılış biçimleri ele alınmış, bireylerin baş etme sürecinde spiritüalitenin sağlık personeli tarafından nasıl ele alınabileceği tartışılmıştır.

Keywords

• Stres, baş etme, spiritüalite, din

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