Nursing Science Quarterly
October 1, 2025
Terri L Shill, Pamela G. Reed, Janice D Crist
Emerging adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are vulnerable to diabetes distress, decreased diabetes self-care, and decreased well-being due to simultaneously managing complex self-care demands and meeting developmental goals. Self-transcendence is an inherent human process that helps to mitigate vulnerability and promote a sense of well-being. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study...
J Holist Nurs
May 29, 2024
Ana Cláudia Mesquita Garcia, Lucas Oliveira Maia, Pamela G. Reed
3 citations
Exploring Psychedelics for Alleviating Existential and Spiritual Suffering in People With Serious Illnesses: Links to the Theory of Self-Transcendence.
Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
September 18, 2009
Pamela G. Reed
118 citations
Because human development is an integral aspect of life, pathways to mental health necessarily involve developmentally based issues or resources. This column provides an overview of self-transcendence as one developmentally based resource for mental health. The Self-Transcendence Scale is presented to encourage its use in mental health nursing practice and research.
Journal of Holistic Nursing
February 26, 2007
Jennifer J. Runquist, Pamela G. Reed
97 citations
This study examines the relationships of spiritually and physically related variables to well-being among homeless adults. A convenience sample of 61 sheltered homeless persons completed the Spiritual Perspective Scale, the Self-Transcendence Scale, the Index of Well-Being, and items measuring fatigue and health status. The data were subjected to correlational and multiple regression analysis....
Issues in Mental Health Nursing
1996
Doris D. Coward, Pamela G. Reed
166 citations
An emerging body of theoretical and empirical knowledge links the concepts of self-transcendence and healing in persons facing end-of-life issues related to aging or life-threatening illness. Self-transcendence is postulated to be a resource for healing in that reaching beyond self-boundaries may lead to a sense of well-being derived from an intensified awareness of wholeness and integration...
Nursing Research
1991
Pamela G. Reed
327 citations
Patterns of self-transcendence that older adults report as being important to their emotional well-being are described in this study, and the relationship between self-transcendence and mental health symptomatology in oldest-old adults is investigated. The sample consisted of 55 independent-living older adults, 80 to 97 years old. Methodological trianglulation was used whereby qualitative data...