Fleury J D
University of Arizona, College of Nursing, Tucson.
Nurs Res. 1991 Sep-Oct;40(5):286-91.
Data were collected from 29 individuals who were attempting to initiate and sustain programs of cardiac risk factor modification. Data were analyzed through the technique of constant comparative analysis. Empowering potential, the basic social process identified from the data, explained individual motivation to initiate and sustain cardiovascular health behavior. Empowering potential was a continuous process of individual growth and development which facilitated the emergence of new and positive health patterns. Within the process of empowering potential, individuals use a variety of strategies which guide the initiation and maintenance of health-related change. The process of empowering potential consists of three stages: appraising readiness, changing, and integrating change. Two categories occurred throughout the process of empowering potential: imaging and social support systems. These findings provide a better understanding of how motivated action is initiated and reinitiated over time.
数据收集自29名试图启动并维持心脏危险因素改善项目的个体。通过持续比较分析技术对数据进行了分析。从数据中识别出的基本社会过程——赋权潜力，解释了个体启动并维持心血管健康行为的动机。赋权潜力是个体成长和发展的持续过程，促进了新的积极健康模式的出现。在赋权潜力的过程中，个体运用各种策略来指导与健康相关的改变的启动和维持。赋权潜力的过程包括三个阶段：评估准备情况、改变和整合改变。在赋权潜力的整个过程中出现了两类：想象和社会支持系统。这些发现有助于更好地理解随着时间的推移，积极行动是如何启动和重新启动的。
