The Effect of Buddhist Counselling on Psychological Strength of Chronically Disabled Elderly Caregivers

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the Buddhist counseling approach to promote mental strength of chronically ill caregivers. 2) to compare the effect of counseling on mental strength of chronically ill caregivers before and after Buddhist counseling. This research is a quasi-experimental research. The experimental group was 7 caregivers of the elderly with chronic illnesses in the family used in-depth interviews and content analysis were use to collecf and analyse guali tatine dafa. questionnaires   statistics namely percentage, mean and Wilcoxon Matched pairs test were use to collect and analyse guantitative data.

The results of the research were found that: 1) aceording to Buddhist counseling approach Counselors must be generous. good friends and have 4 Brahma Viharas. use counseling processes was 1) building relationships, 2) exploring the mind, 3) inviting them to find the Dharma, 4) adjusting their minds to fight, 5) knowing the suffering and happiness. 2) the results of the Buddhist counseling found that relatives who care for chronically ill elderly The care givers of chronically ill elderly who received Buddhist counseling had The mean scores of mental strength after counseling of chronically ill elderly caregivers were significantly higher than before counseling at the .05 level.