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Aging Ment Health. 2018 Jan;22(1):100-108. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2016.1227767. Epub 2016 Sep 9.
Religion is increasingly conceptualized as a meaning system for adjustment and coping. Most of the conceptualizations are grounded in the Judeo-Christian tradition. They may thus not be applicable to Buddhism, which provides a distinct tenor of meaning for coping. This article seeks to construct a conceptual framework of Buddhism-as-a-meaning-system for coping with late-life stress.
Literature review and conceptualization were employed.
Under this framework, Buddhism functions as a meaning system involving existential meaning, cognitive meaning, and behavioral meaning.
There is reason to believe that this framework promises to offer a holistic conceptual map of Buddhist coping in late life. Thus, it could serve as a guide for further empirical and theoretical exploration in the uncharted terrains of Buddhist coping in old age. In addition, gerontological practitioners could use this framework as a frame of reference when working with elderly Buddhist clients who are in stressful circumstances.
宗教越来越被概念化为一种用于适应和应对的意义系统。大多数概念都基于犹太教-基督教传统。因此，它们可能不适用于佛教，因为佛教为应对提供了截然不同的意义基调。本文旨在构建一个基于佛教的意义系统应对晚年压力的概念框架。
采用文献回顾和概念化的方法。
在这个框架下，佛教作为一种意义系统，包括存在意义、认知意义和行为意义。
有理由相信，这个框架有望为佛教应对晚年生活提供一个整体的概念图。因此，它可以作为进一步探索佛教在老年时期应对方法的未知领域的实证和理论探索的指南。此外，老年医学从业者在为处于压力环境中的老年佛教客户提供服务时，可以使用这个框架作为参考框架。
