Mistur Elisabeth J, Scalora Suza C, Crete Abigail A, Anderson Micheline R, Athan Aurélie M, Chapman Amy L, Miller Lisa J
Spirituality Mind Body Institute, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Department of Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Emerg Adulthood. 2022 Dec;10(6):1543-1560. doi: 10.1177/21676968221111965.
Emerging-adult undergraduates (ages 18-25) are at increased risk for mental illness, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Simultaneously, emerging adults face developmental tasks including identity development, finding meaning and purpose, and spiritual individuation. A case study approach is used to elucidate processes of undergraduates coping with collective trauma as a potential pathway to trauma-related spiritual growth via Awakened Awareness for Adolescents (AA-A) and emerging adults, a spiritual-mind-body wellness intervention. Awakened Awareness for Adolescents fosters enhanced spiritual perception to support spiritual individuation for improved mental health and well-being. Processes of spiritual individuation supported by AA-A during the COVID-19 pandemic from February to May 2020 are presented using students' qualitative data and self-report measures of psychopathology, spiritual well-being, emotional regulation, and cognition. Shared cohort ( = 15) themes and one in-depth case (1) reveal ideographic processes of personal transformation and spiritual growth, (2) generate hypotheses around pathways of trauma-related spiritual growth and spiritual individuation for future research.
18至25岁的新兴成年大学生患精神疾病的风险增加,而新冠疫情使这一情况更加恶化。与此同时,新兴成年人面临着包括身份认同发展、寻找意义和目标以及精神个体化在内的发展任务。本研究采用案例研究方法,以阐明大学生应对集体创伤的过程,这是一条通过青少年觉醒意识(AA-A)实现与创伤相关的精神成长的潜在途径,AA-A是一种针对新兴成年人的精神-心理-身体健康干预措施。青少年觉醒意识促进精神感知的增强,以支持精神个体化,从而改善心理健康和幸福感。利用学生的定性数据以及心理病理学、精神幸福感、情绪调节和认知的自我报告测量方法,呈现了2020年2月至5月新冠疫情期间由AA-A支持的精神个体化过程。共享的队列(n = 15)主题和一个深入案例(n = 1)揭示了个人转变和精神成长的独特过程,(2)围绕与创伤相关的精神成长和精神个体化途径生成假设,以供未来研究。