Keele University, UK.
Health (London). 2013 Mar;17(2):159-73. doi: 10.1177/1363459312451179. Epub 2012 Jul 4.
In light of the ambiguity of meanings attributed to the concept of stoicism we critically explore its use as a label to explain and describe health and illness behaviour, juxtaposing the often negative portrayals of contemporary stoicism against its classical and philosophical origins. By reflecting critically on the term 'stoicism', its application and dimensionality, we show how the term has evolved from classical to contemporary times in relation to changing context, and explore different understandings of the term across medical and health literature. We attend to sociocultural factors that are seen to influence the conceptualization of stoicism such as generational influences, gender and geographies. We make the assertion that by applying the label of 'stoicism' as it is known today, there is a danger of too readily accepting a term that masks particular health behaviours while missing an array of sociological factors that are important to how people deal with adversity arising from chronic health problems. We therefore encourage further questioning of this term.
鉴于“坚忍主义”概念的含义模糊，我们批判性地探讨了将其用作标签来解释和描述健康和疾病行为的用法，将当代坚忍主义的负面描绘与它的古典和哲学起源并置。通过批判性地反思“坚忍主义”这个术语、它的应用和维度，我们展示了这个术语如何随着时间的推移以及语境的变化从古典时代发展到当代，并探讨了医学和健康文献中对这个术语的不同理解。我们关注了影响坚忍主义概念化的社会文化因素，例如代际影响、性别和地理位置。我们断言，通过应用当今所知的“坚忍主义”标签，存在着一种危险，即过于轻易地接受一个掩盖特定健康行为的术语，而忽略了一系列对人们如何应对慢性健康问题带来的逆境非常重要的社会学因素。因此，我们鼓励进一步质疑这个术语。
