Elo Satu, Kääriäinen Maria, Isola Arja, Kyngäs Helvi
Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5000, 90014 Oulu, Finland.
ScientificWorldJournal. 2013 May 13;2013:945635. doi: 10.1155/2013/945635. Print 2013.
The aim is to describe the development of a middle-range theory by using an inductive-deductive approach. A theory of well-being supporting physical environment of home-dwelling elderly is used as an example. The inductive-deductive theory development process is described through four different phases: (1) the creations of concepts were described inductively through concept synthesis, (2) relationships between the concepts were examined to set up a hypothetical model, (3) hypotheses were set up to verify the concepts and to test hypothetical models, and (4) the verification and presentation of the theory.
目的是通过归纳-演绎方法描述一个中程理论的发展。以一个支持居家老年人身体环境的幸福感理论为例。通过四个不同阶段描述归纳-演绎理论发展过程：（1）通过概念合成归纳描述概念的创建；（2）检查概念之间的关系以建立假设模型；（3）建立假设以验证概念并测试假设模型；（4）理论的验证和呈现。
