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Concept Development - Hybrid. Lee et al (2003) described the process of concept development on Family Resilience: Theoretical Phase = in-depth literature review Fieldwork (Empirical) Phase = in-depth interviews
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Concept Development - Hybrid • Lee et al (2003) described the process of concept development on Family Resilience: • Theoretical Phase = in-depth literature review • Fieldwork (Empirical) Phase = in-depth interviews • Analytical Phase = integration of both above to achieve a final definition of the concept of family resilience
RESULTS • DEFINITION: Enduring force that leads a family to change its functioning dynamics in order to solve problems encountered. • 21 conceptual attributes identified from data in 4 dimensions: • Intrinsic family characteristics • Family member orientation to #1 • Responsiveness to stress • External orientation
CONCEPT SYNTHESIS • Golberg (1998) explored the meaning of Spirituality in nursing Process of Concept Synthesis: • Discovering new meaning for old concepts • Searching for similarities and discrepancies among sets of related concepts • Observing previously undescribed phenonoma
CONCEPTS from Literature • Meaning • Presencing • Empathy & Compassion • Giving Hope • Love • Religion/Transcendence • Touch • Healing
SYNTHESIZING • All these concepts were products of relationships: • PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIP • - Presencing, Touch, Healing • EMOTIONAL RELATIONSHIP • - Meaning, Empathy/Compassion, Hope, Love, Religion/Transcendence • SOME FIT BOTH eg Healing
MAKING SENSE OF IT • Authors decided their categories of Physical (Soma) and Emotional (Psyche) were artificial when looking at Spirituality • Decided to collapse the two into one = CONNECTION • Spirit could not be subsumed into physical, emotional, or even mental – it is equal and thus inseparable from physical and mental care – requires just as much care.
SUMMARY • The Reductionist approach used in the beginning of this study did not suit the Holistic topic of Spirituality • It is actually a disservice to try to reduce the human into Body-Mind-Spirit • The categorization is artificial, even damaging since it causes us to focus on the language rather than the essence