Rest: A Health-Related Phenomenon and Concept in Caring Science

Global Qualitative Nursing Research

Margareta Asp¹ 

关键词: caring;    concept development;    Gadamer;    health;    well-being;    hermeneutics;    lived experiences;    Merleau-Ponty;    nursing;    phenomenology;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2333393615583663

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Rest is a health-related phenomenon. Researchers have explored the phenomenon of rest, but further concept development is recommended. The aim of my study was to develop and describe a concept of rest, from interviews with a total of 63 participants about their lived experiences of rest. I performed the developing process in two stages: first with descriptive phenomenology and second with a hermeneutic approach. The concept of rest is comprised of the essences of both rest and “non-rest,” and there is a current movement between these two conditions in peoples’ lives. The essence of rest is being in harmony in motivation, feeling, and action. The essence of non-rest is being in disharmony in motivation, feeling, and action. The essences reveal some meaning constituents. Health care professionals and researchers can use the concept as a frame of reference in health care praxis and in applied research.

【 授权许可】

CC BY