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AbstractPsychometric and field studies are reported concerning the development and assessment of the Labour Agentry Scale, an instrument measuring expectancies and experiences of personal control during childbirth. Factor analysis yielded evidence that it is a unifactorial scale, with factor loadings between 0.36 and 0.85. Dual‐scaling techniques corroborated the results of factor analysis and provided evidence that few differences exist between antepartum and postpartum samples' responses to individual items. Field studies yielded evidence of an inverse relationship between anxiety and control, as well as evidence of construct validity. For example, subjects who had spontaneous, unmedicated births had the highest Labour Agentry Scale score

ISSN:0160-6891    

DOI:10.1002/nur.4770100503

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年代:1987

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AbstractThe purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and construct validity of Kearney and Fleischer's (1979) Exercise of Self‐Care Agency Scale. The Self‐Directed Learning Readiness Scale (SDLRS) (Guglielmino, 1977) was used to test construct validity. Subjects consisted of 62 post‐basic nursing students and 57 adult diabetic patients. The results showed significant correlations between the scales for both groups. However, the relationship was stronger for the student group (r = 0.505) than for the patient group (r = 0.302). The Exercise of Self‐Control Agency Scale was significantly correlated with all eight factors of the SDLRS for the student group and with only three factors for the patient group. Split‐half reliability for the former scale was similar for both groups (r = 0.78 and 0.74); test‐retest reliability was lower for the patient group (r = 0.55) than for the student group

ISSN:0160-6891    

DOI:10.1002/nur.4770100504

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年代:1987

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AbstractBody temperatures of 37 elderly surgical patients with fractured hips were measured using tympanic membrane probes. Comparisons were made between patients having the usual body coverings and those protected by extra body coverings. Of 21 patients with the usual body coverings, eight were hypothermic as compared with one of 16 patients with extra body coverings. Temperatures were significantly different between groups in‐traoperatively (p<0.001) and in the recovery roomp<0.002) where the lowest temperatures were recorded. Anxiolytics given preoperatively had a significant negative relationship with lower body temperatures. Careful monitoring of temperatures and extra coverings are recommended for elderly hip fractured patients perioperativel

ISSN:0160-6891    

DOI:10.1002/nur.4770100505

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年代:1987

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AbstractPerceptions and attitudes toward nursing impairment held by 1,047 registered nurses were examined. Factor analysis of the 32 Likert‐type items in an original survey question‐naire revealed an underlying structure of nine dimensions characterizing attitudes toward impairment. Analyses of variance and covariance gave evidence that supervisors were more likely than staff nurses to perceive a need for disciplinary action in responding to cases of nursing impairment; staff nurses were more likely to view impairment as treatable. Significant differences were found among attitudes toward drug abuse, alcohol abuse, and emotional distress as forms of impairm

ISSN:0160-6891    

DOI:10.1002/nur.4770100506

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年代:1987

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AbstractInitial research into the significance of spirituality among terminally ill adults was extended. Two hypotheses were examined using three groups of 100 adults matched on age, gender, education, and religious background: a) Terminally ill hospitalized adults indicate a greater spiritual perspective than nonterminally ill hospitalized adults and healthy nonhospitalized adults. b) Spiritual perspective is positively related to well‐being among terminally ill hospitalized adults. All 300 participants completed the Spiritual Perspective Scale, Index of Well‐Being, and other information. Planned comparisons analysis results supported the first hypothesis; low but significant correlation lent support to the second hypothesis. Differences among groups on recent change in spiritual views also were examined; a significantly larger number of terminally ill adults indicated a change toward increased spirituality than did nonterminally ill or healthy adu

ISSN:0160-6891    

DOI:10.1002/nur.4770100507

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年代:1987

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AbstractThe relationships of women's self‐esteem and emotional distress to their causal explanations of divorce were investigated. Thirty‐six women ending a first marriage were interviewed using the Tennessee Self‐Concept Scale (Fitts, 1965), the Ireton Personal Inventory (Ireton, 1980), and the Women's Attributions to Divorce Questionnaire. Self‐esteem was associated with causal explanations characterized as internal, whereas emotional distress was related to causal explanations characterized as internal, stable, and global. The relationships occurred only in women who perceived themselves as being unable to prevent the marriage from ending. The findings support the learned helplessness model for predicting emotional distress and provide nurses with information useful in assessing mental

ISSN:0160-6891    

DOI:10.1002/nur.4770100508

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0160-6891    

DOI:10.1002/nur.4770100502

出版商:Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY