Interoceptivno zavedanje in navezanost na Boga pri ljudeh s tesnobnimi simptomi : magistrsko delo

Jeriček, Sanja (author), Cvetek, Mateja (mentor)

Avtorica je v magistrskem delu raziskovala tesnobo v povezavi z interoceptivnim zavedanjem in navezanostjo na Boga. Tesnobo lahko opišemo kot stanje ali kot motnjo. V drugem primeru morajo posameznikovi simptomi ustrezati kriterijem določene tesnobne motnje. Vzroki za nastanek tesnobnih motenj so različni, prav tako so različni simptomi za posamezno vrsto teh motenj, vsem pa je skupen pretiran stran, skrb ter izogibajoče vedenje. Tesnobno stanje v splošnem prepoznamo kot povečano telesno vzburjenost, potenje, tresenje, pospešeno bitje srca, pospešeno dihanje, sicer se pa simptomi tesnobe ne kažejo zgolj na fiziološki ravni, temveč tudi na čustveni, vedenjski in kognitivni. Avtorica je pozornost namenila tudi interoceptivnemu zavedanju, ki označuje zmožnost čutiti telo, telesno stanje in čustva. Pomeni zaznavo podatkov, ki prihajajo iz notranjosti telesa. Začne se z receptorji v različnih telesnih tkivih, ki kemično in fizično stimulacijo pretvorijo v živčne signale, kateri informacije prenesejo v hrbtenjačo in možgane. Dva najbolj očitna procesa interocepcije v telesu sta dihanje in bitje srca, ki lahko pri tesnobnih posameznikih ob njunih spremembah (npr. pospešen utrip in pospešeno dihanje) sprožita še več strahu in stiske, saj omenjene spremembe dojamejo kot grožnjo. Ugotovili so, da se pri tesnobnih posameznikih kažejo spremenjene karakteristike dihanja. V zadnji del teoretičnega uvoda je avtorica vključila še področje navezanosti na Boga. Izkazalo se je, da na naš odnos do Presežnega močno vpliva izkušnja odnosov iz primarnih družin in navezanost na primarne skrbnike. Posamezniki, ki imajo intimnejši in osebni odnos z Bogom izražajo manj simptomatike na področju mentalnega zdravja. K Bogu se pogosteje zatekamo takrat, ko smo v stiski, preizkušnjah ali pa se znajdemo v občutkih nemoči . V empiričnem delu avtorica predstavi izsledke raziskave narejene na 243 udeležencih. Raziskava je pokazala, da so bolj tesnobni posamezniki manj interoceptivno zavedni, med tesnobo in navezanostjo na Boga pa obstaja zelo majhna korelacija, ki nakazuje, da so bolj tesnobni posamezniki manj navezani na Boga.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: tesnoba, DSM-V, interocepcija, navezanost na Boga, mentalno zdravje
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
• Organization: TEOF - Theological Faculty
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: [S. Jeriček]
• Year: 2017
• Number of pages: VII, 66 str.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-95427
• UDC: 159.942:616.89-008.441(043.2)
• COBISS.SI-ID: 7724122
• Publication date in RUL: 20.09.2017

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Interoceptive awareness and attachment to God in people with anxiety symptoms

Abstract

The author of this master's thesis researched anxiety in connection with interoceptive awareness and attachment to God. Anxiety can be described as a condition or as a disorder. In the second case, an individual's symptoms need to meet the criteria of a specific anxiety disorder. There are not only different causes of anxiety disorders, but also different symptoms for each type of anxiety disorder; all of them have an exaggerated fear, concern and avoidant behaviour in common. Anxiety disorder is generally recognized as increased physical arousal, sweating, tremors, increased heart rate and rapid breathing. Symptoms of anxiety are not shown only on physiological level, but also on emotional, behavioural and cognitive levels. The author has also focused on interoceptive awareness, which indicates the ability to feel the body, physical condition and emotions. Interoceptive awareness means sensing data coming from inside of the body. It starts with receptors in various body tissues, which convert chemical and physical stimulation into nerve signals, transmitting information to the spinal cord and brain. The two most obvious processes of interoception in the body are breathing and heartbeat, which can trigger even more anxiety and distress in anxious individuals (eg. accelerated pulse and rapid breathing) as they understand these changes as a threat. It has been found that anxious individuals show different breathing characteristics. The last part of the theoretical introduction includes attachment to God. It has turned out that our relation to God is greatly influenced by our relationship experience from primary families and attachment to primary caregivers. Individuals with a more intimate and personal relationship with God express less symptomatology in mental health. We seek refuge in God when we feel distress, challenges or helplessness. In the empirical part, the author presents results of a survey made on 243 participants. The study has shown that more anxious individuals are less interoceptively aware. There is very little correlation between anxiety and attachment, indicating that more anxious individuals are less attached to God.

• Keywords: anxiety, DSM-V, interoception, attachment to God, mental health