Publication: Wellness and Religious Coping Among Thai Individuals Living with Chronic Kidney Disease in Southern California
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2015-12-29
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00224197
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Mahidol University
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Journal of Religion and Health. Vol.54, No.6 (2015), 2198-2211
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Chutikarn Chatrung, Siroj Sorajjakool, Kwanjai Amnatsatsue Wellness and Religious Coping Among Thai Individuals Living with Chronic Kidney Disease in Southern California. Journal of Religion and Health. Vol.54, No.6 (2015), 2198-2211. doi:10.1007/s10943-014-9958-4 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/35299
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Wellness and Religious Coping Among Thai Individuals Living with Chronic Kidney Disease in Southern California
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© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York. This qualitative research is based on eight Thai participants living with chronic kidney disease living in Southern California. Four emerging themes are (a) wellness, (b) self-care, (c) impact of illness on life, and (d) religious coping. Family relations, social support, and religious coping affected self-care and how they managed their everyday activities. Knowledge about the disease and its mechanism were crucial to the decision-making process in relation to self-care. Good self-care and appropriate self-management led to wellness and improved quality of life. Religion provided a belief system focusing on the place of acceptance that was essential for coping with emotional stressors.