Publications by authors named "Anna C Culmann"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to explore how transpersonal trust, a measure of spirituality, might protect health care workers from anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic, alongside other factors like sense of coherence and optimism.
- A total of 405 participants, including hospital pastoral care workers and physicians, completed a survey assessing anxiety and various protective measures between April and July 2020.
- Results indicated that sense of coherence significantly reduced anxiety; however, transpersonal trust did not have a protective effect against anxiety, highlighting the complex interplay between spirituality and mental health.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic presents a significant challenge to professional responders in healthcare settings. This is reflected in the language used to describe the pandemic in the professional literature of the respective professions. The aim of this multidisciplinary study was to analyze the linguistic imagery in the relevant professional literature and to determine the identification of different professional groups with it and its emotional effects.
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