Kausch Kurt D, Amer Kim
Department of Nursing, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois 60614-2458, USA.
J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 2007 Jun;45(6):44-53. doi: 10.3928/02793695-20070601-10.
Self-transcendence is a process that can help individuals reestablish well-being after experiencing a significant, life-altering event. In this study, we sought to identify the relationship between self-transcendence and depression in individuals who lost loved ones to HIV/AIDS and to describe and compare self-transcendence, self-transcendence variables of acceptance and spirituality, and depression among bereaved individuals who created AIDS Memorial Quilt panels with those who did not. The findings support Reed's self-transcendence theory, with inverse correlations between self-transcendence and depression obtained from both the total group and the panel makers. Significant differences were also found between certain self-transcendence variables and depression among the study participants related to gender and ethnicity. In addition, thematic analysis of panel maker interviews revealed five themes: Quilt panel making provides validation, Quilt panel making creates a living memory, liberating acceptance of loss, community of survivors, and connection to a higher power. These findings assist in understanding the complexities of the grief process and support the usefulness of Quilt panel making as an intervention for coping with grief related to HIV/AIDS.
自我超越是一个过程，它可以帮助个体在经历重大的、改变生活的事件后重新建立幸福感。在本研究中，我们试图确定在因艾滋病毒/艾滋病失去亲人的个体中，自我超越与抑郁之间的关系，并描述和比较制作艾滋病纪念拼布面板的丧亲个体与未制作的丧亲个体之间的自我超越、接纳和灵性等自我超越变量以及抑郁情况。研究结果支持里德的自我超越理论，从整个群体和制作面板者中都得出了自我超越与抑郁之间的负相关关系。在与性别和种族相关的研究参与者中，某些自我超越变量与抑郁之间也发现了显著差异。此外，对制作面板者访谈的主题分析揭示了五个主题：制作拼布面板提供了认可、制作拼布面板创造了鲜活的记忆、对损失的解放性接纳、幸存者社区以及与更高力量的联系。这些发现有助于理解悲伤过程的复杂性，并支持制作拼布面板作为应对与艾滋病毒/艾滋病相关悲伤的一种干预措施的有效性。
