A Unitary Caring Theory Perspective of Labyrinth Walking Research-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A Unitary Caring Theory Perspective of Labyrinth Walking Research

Published:2023-03-30 Issue:2 Volume:36 Page:116-125
ISSN:0894-3184
Container-title:Nursing Science Quarterly
language:en
Short-container-title:Nurs Sci Q

Author:

Butcher Howard Karl¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Professor and Director of PhD in Nursing Program, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, USA

Abstract

The purpose of this narrative review of labyrinth walking research literature was to identify its experiences and potential health benefits and to conceptualize the labyrinth walking experience within Smith’s (2020) unitary caring theory. A total of 29 research studies from a 2022 annotated bibliography of 160 publications on labyrinth related research were selected for analysis. The findings coalesced around four themes. Labyrinth walking is an experience of irenic requiescence; expanding awareness; transforming potentials; and connecting to the beyond. A process of interpretive theorizing was used to interpret each theme from the perspective of the concepts within the theory of unitary caring.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Nursing

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/08943184221150258

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