McQuiston C M, Campbell J C
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
Nurs Sci Q. 1997 Fall;10(3):117-23. doi: 10.1177/089431849701000305.
This article demonstrates how theoretical substruction with its various levels of abstraction can be used as a guide for theory testing research. The article describes a method for substructing research hypotheses as well as an entire study. Substruction and its benefits, including assuring the internal consistency of model testing, are discussed as applied to a study testing hypotheses derived from proposition two of Orem's self-care deficit theory of nursing. This approach to theory testing is congruent with the coherence theory of truth and promises to contribute to the advancement of nursing epistemology.
本文展示了具有不同抽象层次的理论构建如何能够用作理论检验研究的指南。本文描述了一种构建研究假设以及整个研究的方法。文中讨论了构建及其益处，包括确保模型检验的内部一致性，并将其应用于一项检验从奥瑞姆护理自理缺陷理论的命题二推导而来的假设的研究。这种理论检验方法与真理连贯论相一致，并有望促进护理认识论的发展。
