کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
952966 927558 2010 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Research on meaning-making and health in secular society: Secular, spiritual and religious existential orientations
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی سیاست های بهداشت و سلامت عمومی
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Research on meaning-making and health in secular society: Secular, spiritual and religious existential orientations
چکیده انگلیسی

This article proposes a framework of concepts for the field of existential meaning-making in secular cultures such as those of Northern Europe. Seeking an operational approach, we have narrowed the field’s components down to a number of basic domains and dimensions that provide a more authentic cultural basis for research in secular society. Reviewing the literature, three main domains of existential meaning-making emerge: Secular, spiritual, and religious. In reconfirming these three domains, we propose to couple them with the three dimensions of cognition (knowing), practice (doing), and importance (being), resulting in a conceptual framework that can serve as a fundamental heuristic and methodological research tool for mapping the field of existential meaning-making and health. The proposed grid might contribute to clearer understanding of the multidimensional nature of existential meaning-making and as a guide for posing adequate research and clinical questions in the field.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Social Science & Medicine - Volume 71, Issue 7, October 2010, Pages 1292–1299
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