Callister L C, Semenic S, Foster J C
Brigham Young University College of Nursing, USA.
J Holist Nurs. 1999 Sep;17(3):280-95. doi: 10.1177/089801019901700305.
This descriptive, phenomenological study investigated the cultural and spiritual meanings of the childbirth experience from the personal perspectives of 30 Canadian Orthodox Jewish and 30 American Mormon women. Fewer Jewish women had childbirth education and attendance of their partners during childbirth than did Mormon women. Participants in the study, having codified belief systems, expressed the primary importance of bearing children in obedience to religious law. Birth was articulated as a bittersweet paradox, often accompanied by a sense of empowerment. Women described the importance of personal connectedness with others and with God, the importance of childbearing, and the spiritual and emotional dimensions of their childbirth experiences. Religious beliefs help women define the meaning of childbirth and may provide coping mechanisms for the intensity of giving birth. It is essential for holistic nurses to value and acknowledge the cultural and spiritual dimensions of the childbirth experience.
这项描述性的现象学研究从30名加拿大东正教犹太女性和30名美国摩门教女性的个人视角，调查了分娩经历的文化和精神意义。与摩门教女性相比，犹太女性接受分娩教育以及伴侣在分娩时陪伴的情况较少。该研究的参与者拥有成文的信仰体系，她们表示，顺从宗教律法生育孩子至关重要。分娩被表述为一个苦乐参半的悖论，常常伴随着一种力量感。女性们描述了与他人以及与上帝建立个人联系的重要性、生育的重要性，以及她们分娩经历的精神和情感层面。宗教信仰有助于女性界定分娩的意义，并可能为分娩时的强烈感受提供应对机制。对于整体护理而言，重视并认可分娩经历的文化和精神层面至关重要。
