Exploring the Nature of Caring in Hwa-Byung: Transpersonal Caring-Healing Model.
10.4040/jkan.2005.35.2.225
- Author:
Soon Yong KHIM
1
;
Cho Sik LEE
;
Byung Hye KONG
;
Joo Young SHIN
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, Korea University, Korea. asyk@korea.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article ; English Abstract
- Keywords:
Caring
- MeSH:
Somatoform Disorders/*nursing;
Poverty;
Nurse-Patient Relations;
Marriage;
Korea;
Humans;
Female;
Culture;
Counseling
- From:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2005;35(2):225-238
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Hwa-Byung(HB) has been categorized as a Korean culture-bound syndrome that is prevalent in married women of low socioeconomic status. PURPOSE: The Purpose of the study was to search for the essence of HB and a caring-healing process of HB. Then the research result discusses whether the Transpersonal Caring-Healing Model has been congruent with it. METHOD: Case examples resulted from in-depth telephone counseling over a period of time at the Women's Hot Line with a client who is a housewife with HB. The counseling content was analyzed through Giorgi's method of descriptive phenomenology. RESULT: The core meaning of the essence of HB was 'injustice'; and essential themes were 'lack of reciprocity', 'infidelity' 'suppressed aggression and powerlessness' and 'need for recognition'. The core meaning of the essence of the caring-healing process was 'caring-healing experience(maintaining a trust relationship)'; and essential themes were 'active listening', 'empathy' and 'forming a therapeutic relationship'. According to Watson, 'active listening', 'empathy' and 'forming a therapeutic relationship' were identified as intentionality, intersubjectivity and transpersonal. CONCLUSION: Transpersonal caring can release inner power and strength and help the person to gain a sense of inner harmony. Transpersonal caring is as important to healing as are conventional treatment approaches and even more powerful in the long run.
