Spirituality of Professional Pastoral Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Distress, Resources, and Consequences

IF 1.4 0 RELIGION
Annette Haussmann
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on mental health in general and on care professionals in particular. Studies have shown that professional pastoral caregivers are challenged concerning stabilizing their mental health and coping with stress experiences. Spirituality, on the other hand, has been considered as a helpful coping resource. This study examines professional pastoral caregivers in various contexts of hospitals, congregations, old people’s homes or schools during the second lockdown in Germany. Results show the importance of spirituality as a resource, with an overall high centrality of religiosity, high daily spiritual experience and low spiritual dryness, but also reveal various stress factors with which pastoral caregivers have to deal. However, associations between work-related distress, spiritual dryness, centrality of religiosity and spiritual experience are displayed and discussed. Spiritual dryness correlates positively with work-related distress, whereas daily spiritual experience and centrality of religiosity correlates negatively. Possibilities of further support for those offering pastoral care during the pandemic and beyond are presented.
新冠肺炎大流行期间专业牧师护理人员的精神:痛苦、资源和后果
新冠肺炎大流行对总体心理健康,特别是护理专业人员产生了巨大影响。研究表明,专业的田园护理人员在稳定心理健康和应对压力方面面临挑战。另一方面,精神被认为是一种有用的应对资源。这项研究调查了在德国第二次封锁期间,医院、会众、老人院或学校的各种环境中的专业牧师护理人员。结果显示了精神作为一种资源的重要性,宗教信仰总体上具有较高的中心性、较高的日常精神体验和较低的精神干涩,但也揭示了牧民看护者必须应对的各种压力因素。然而,与工作相关的痛苦、精神干燥、宗教信仰的中心性和精神体验之间的联系被展示和讨论。精神干燥与工作相关的痛苦呈正相关,而日常精神体验和宗教信仰的中心性呈负相关。介绍了在疫情期间及以后为那些提供牧业护理的人提供进一步支持的可能性。
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