Schepp K G
Department of Psychosocial Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle.
Nurs Res. 1991 Jan-Feb;40(1):42-6.
The purpose of this study was to test a theoretical model predicting the relationships among four concepts: predictability of events, control, anxiety, and coping effort of mothers of children hospitalized with acute physical conditions. The sample consisted of 45 mothers of acutely ill, hospitalized children from 1-24 months of age. For each of the concepts, 16 events commonly associated with hospitalization of a child were proportionately ranked using magnitude estimation measurement technique. The psychometric properties of the instrument were estimated through reliability assessment and cross modality matching. Multiple regression analysis indicated that 97% of the dependent variable, coping effort, was explained by two of the three predictor variables--predictability of events and anxiety. Mothers who knew what events to expect experienced less anxiety and reported expending less effort to cope with the stressful events. Control was not a significant factor in predicting the mothers' coping effort.
本研究的目的是检验一个理论模型，该模型预测了四个概念之间的关系：事件的可预测性、控制感、焦虑以及患有急性身体疾病住院儿童的母亲的应对努力。样本包括45名1至24个月大的急性病住院儿童的母亲。对于每个概念，使用量级估计测量技术对通常与儿童住院相关的16个事件进行了比例排序。通过可靠性评估和跨模态匹配对该工具的心理测量特性进行了估计。多元回归分析表明，作为因变量的应对努力的97%可由三个预测变量中的两个——事件的可预测性和焦虑来解释。知道会发生什么事件的母亲焦虑程度较低，并且报告称应对压力事件时付出的努力较少。控制感在预测母亲的应对努力方面不是一个显著因素。
