Mickley J R, Pargament K I, Brant C R, Hipp K M
School of Nursing, Kent State University, OH 44242-0001, USA.
Hosp J. 1998;13(4):1-17. doi: 10.1080/0742-969x.1998.11882904.
The purposes of this study were (1) to describe both religious and nonreligious appraisals of caregiving for a terminally ill patient and (2) to explore the relationship between these appraisals with situational outcomes, mental health outcomes, and spiritual health outcomes in the caregivers. Ninety-two caregivers completed a questionnaire consisting of religious and nonreligious appraisals, general and religious outcomes, depression, anxiety, and purpose in life. Caregivers who appraised their situation as part of God's plan or as a means of gaining strength or understanding from God reported positive outcomes while caregivers who viewed their situation as unjust, as unfair punishment from God, or as desertion from God had low scores on mental and spiritual health outcomes. Religious appraisals made a significant and unique contribution to the prediction of situational outcomes and mental and spiritual health outcomes above and beyond the effects of nonreligious appraisals.
（1）描述对绝症患者护理的宗教和非宗教评价；（2）探讨这些评价与护理者的情境结果、心理健康结果和精神健康结果之间的关系。92名护理者完成了一份问卷，内容包括宗教和非宗教评价、一般和宗教结果、抑郁、焦虑以及生活目的。将自身情况评价为上帝计划的一部分或从上帝那里获得力量或领悟的护理者报告了积极结果，而将自身情况视为不公正、上帝的不公平惩罚或被上帝抛弃的护理者在心理和精神健康结果方面得分较低。宗教评价对情境结果以及心理和精神健康结果的预测做出了显著且独特的贡献，超出了非宗教评价的影响。
