Autio Tiina, Rissanen Sari
Socca - The Centre of Excellence on Social Welfare in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, Helsinki, Finland.
Department of Social Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
Scand J Caring Sci. 2018 Mar;32(1):45-55. doi: 10.1111/scs.12452. Epub 2017 May 24.
This article aimed at identifying the positive emotions connected to spouse caregiving and the advantages for spouse carers. Theoretically, the article is based on the concept of emotion and the assumptions of positive psychology. Data search is conducted via electronic literature databases and the analysis method is partly theory-driven and partly inductive content classification. Our analyses discover and clarify the concepts associated with positive emotions in caring, such as the gains of caregiving, benefit-finding, finding meaning, personal growth, post-traumatic growth and resilience. We also utilise a conceptual framework to describe positive emotions in caregiving, and the identified advantages of positive emotions in spouse caregiving include distress buffering, mediation in coping with stress, increased quality of life and well-being, and finding a sense of purpose. Finally, spouse care is seen in this article as a challenging life situation which at best can support personal growth, if the processing of both positive and negative emotions is included in daily life. Hence, the service and support system should be developed further by utilising the findings of positive psychology as well as studies of personal growth.
本文旨在识别与配偶照料相关的积极情绪以及配偶照料者所获得的益处。从理论上讲，本文基于情绪概念和积极心理学的假设。通过电子文献数据库进行数据检索，分析方法部分是理论驱动的，部分是归纳性内容分类。我们的分析发现并阐明了与照料中积极情绪相关的概念，如照料的收获、益处发现、意义找寻、个人成长、创伤后成长和复原力。我们还运用一个概念框架来描述照料中的积极情绪，并且在配偶照料中所识别出的积极情绪的益处包括缓解痛苦、应对压力时的调节作用、提高生活质量和幸福感以及找到使命感。最后，本文将配偶照料视为一种具有挑战性的生活情境，如果在日常生活中同时处理积极和消极情绪，那么它至多能够支持个人成长。因此，应利用积极心理学的研究结果以及个人成长研究进一步发展服务和支持体系。
