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| defined in research articles as an abstract generalization that systematically explains how phenomena are interrelated; in nursing, it frequently refers to the content covered in classrooms, as opposed to the actual practice of nursing |
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| posits that behavior (i.e., rewarded) tends to be repeated and learned |
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| a theory that accounts for and thoroughly describes a single phenomenon |
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Grand theories
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| purport to explain large segments of the human population |
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| within nursing, theories that are more restricted in scope, focusing on a narrow range of phenomena |
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| deals with abstractions (concepts) that are assembled because of their relevance to a common theme |
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| used by some writers to designate a mechanism for representing phenomena with a minimal use of words |
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| mathematic equations that express the nature and magnitude of relationships among a set of variables |
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Schematic models
(conceptual maps) |
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| visual representations of relationships among phenomena and are common in both qualitative and quantitative research |
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| Pender's Health Promotion Model |
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| a model for explaining and predicting the health-promotion component of lifestyle |
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| the conceptual underpinnings of a study |
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| a study based on a theory |
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| a study that has its roots in a specified conceptual model |
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| efforts to analyze concepts of relevance to nursing practice |
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| humans are viewed as biophychosocial adaptive systems who cope with environmental change through the process of adaptation |
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| Pender's Health Promotion Model (HPM) |
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| focuses on explaining health-promoting behaviors, using a wellness orientation |
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| Mishel's Uncertainty in Illness Theory |
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| focuses on the concept of uncertainty--the inability of a person to determine the meaning of illness-related events |
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| offers an explanation of human behavior using the concepts of self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and incentives |
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| has been used in numerous interventions to change people's behavior; core construct is stages of change |
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| Becker's Health Belief Model (HBM) |
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| a framework for explaining people's health-related behavior, such as health care use and compliance with a medical regimen |
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| Theory of Planned Behavior |
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| an extension of the Theory of Reasoned Action; provides a framework for understanding people's behavior and its psychological determinants |
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| Theory of Stress and Coping |
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| offers an explanation of people's methods of dealing with stress (i.e., environmental and internal demands that tax or exceed a person's resources and endanger his or her well-being) |
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| the use of theories and conceptual models for other disciplines, such as psychology |
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| when a borrowed theory is tested and found to be empirically adequate in health-relevant situations of interest to nurses |
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| conceptualizations of the target phenomenon that is being studied |
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| suggest that cultural conditions that cultural conditions and adaptations stem from mental activity and ideas |
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| view material conditions (e.g., resources, money, production) as the source of cultural developments |
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Symbolic interaction
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a popular theoretical underpinning of grounded theory; has three premises:
1. humans act toward things based on the meanings that the things have for them
2. the meaning of things is derived from teh interaction humans have with other fellow humans
3. meanings are handled in, and modified through, an interpretive process |
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| a paradigm that involves a critique of society and societal processes and structures |
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