Understanding the role of spirituality during COVID-19: A cross-cultural qualitative analysis
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2024-08-01
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Taylor and Francis Group
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Abstract
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in 2019 brought widespread disruptions to normal daily functioning. The current qualitative phenomenological study explored the role of spirituality during the pandemic across two divergent cultural contexts; India and New Zealand. Inductive thematic analysis of results revealed that spirituality was found to entail a range of convergent health and wellbeing effects that were categorised into four major themes; hope, meaning amidst chaos, strengthened mental fortitude, and inner transformation. Overall, spirituality provided individuals a range of tools to navigate the crisis, building individual resilience and providing courage to face the pandemic’s most difficult challenges. Moreover, the inner-transformative effects of spirituality fostered significant post-traumatic growth above and beyond the immediate impacts of the event, providing evidence for the therapeutic potential inherent within spirituality.
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COVID-19, pandemic, resilience, Spirituality, wellbeing
Citation
Waila K, Lindsay N. (2024). Understanding the role of spirituality during COVID-19: a cross-cultural qualitative analysis. Mental Health, Religion and Culture. 27. 3. (pp. 241-254).