Nursing Concepts and Nursing Care

Rines, Alice R.; Montag, Mildred L.

doi:10.1097/00000446-197611000-00044

Cited by 10 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…To obtain construct measurement, an operational definition of hope is needed. Nursing literature has conceptually defined hope as a need, a time orientation (Rines & Montag 1976), an illusion, a psychic commitment to life (Schneider 1980), and as an intemal sense of external assistance being available (Vaillot 1970).…”

Section: Background To the Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

Inducing a definition of ‘hope’ through the use of grounded theory methodology

Hinds

1984

Journal of Advanced Nursing

117

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Nurse researchers have become increasingly concerned with the development, testing and continued refinement of reliable and valid instruments which can index phenomena of interest to nursing. A primary step in the measurement of such phenomena is the systematic initiation of conceptualization processes which yield adequate construct definitions. Adequate construct definitions facilitate efforts toward precise measurement. Presented in this article is a description of how grounded theory methodology guided conceptualization processes to induce a construct definition of 'hope'. The data-based example is from a study of 25 adolescents (both well and hospitalized adolescents) who participated in defining 'hope'. Results include a definition of hope consisting of four categories which seem to form a continuum of degree. The induced definition is used to demonstrate rules which have been put forth in the social science literature to guide the formulation of construct definitions. The relationship between processes of conceptualization and measurement is further demonstrated by examples of scale items to index hopefulness in adolescents. The scale items reflect the four categories of the induced definition of hope and comprise the inductively developed 'Hopefulness Scale for Adolescents'.

show abstract

Section: Background To the Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

Inducing a definition of ‘hope’ through the use of grounded theory methodology

Hinds

1984

Journal of Advanced Nursing

117

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Developing a theory of nursing: the relation of theory to practice, education and research

McFarlane

1977

Journal of Advanced Nursing

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The relevant literature is reviewed and it is held that the relationships between nursing theory, practice, education and research are close and reciprocal relationships. Each is related to the other but it is argued that the hub ofthe relationships is nursing practice as nursing is a practice discipline.This paper is based on an address delivered on 10 July 1976 at the annual conference of the Association of Integrated and Degree Courses in Nursing held at the University of Hull, England.

show abstract