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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Middle-range theory"”.
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Development of a middle-range theory of caregiver stress from the Roy Adaptation Model
A theory of caregiver stress derived from Roy Adaptation Model was developed to examine the relationships among stimuli, coping mechanism and adaptive modes. The theory hypothesized that objective burden in caregiving would be the most important stimulus that leaded to perceived caregiver stress. …
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Sparking pedagogic change in Southern Africa: Generating middle range theory on how, why and under what conditions teachers start enacting pedagogic change
… studies to generate original explanatory theory. Study 1 develops and employs an innovative approach to synthesising existing qualitative peer-reviewed literature. This new methodological approach uses theory-based sampling, re-analysis, comparison and synthesis to generate a working …
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Critical illness survivorship and implications for care provision; a constructivist grounded theory
… The study aimed to formulate a substantive, middle range theory in relation to patient and family’s critical illness trajectory. Further, to discern and understand the responses of critical care nurses to survivorship needs. Methods Working within a relativist ontology and a constructivist …
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Experiences of Parents of Emergent Bilingual Children Facing Autism Inquiry
… in the ASD evaluation. Informed by sociocultural theory (Vygotsky,1993), translanguaging (Garcia, 2009), and the middle-range theory (Merton, 1968), this research explores how immigrant parents describe their emergent bilingual children’s diagnosis of ASD. Data for the study were collected through …
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Hospital to home : family caregiver perspectives of discharge transitions of seniors with dementia
… with dementia is unknown. Guided by Meleis’ middle-range theory of transitions, a critical incident technique study was designed to explore family caregiver perceptions of the hospital discharge process for seniors with dementia. Five categories of healthcare provider activities were …
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Caregivers of Older Adults: Burden, Perception of Strain, and Health
… impact the health of caregivers. Tsai's (2003) Middle-Range Theory of Caregiver Stress guided this study and was modified to present an innovative approach which used perceived caregiver strain as a specific stressor in the Control Process of the model; it provided a basis for examining …
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Presidential Instability in a Developing Country: Reassessing South Korean Politics from a State-Society Relations Perspective
… <p> For the analysis, I employ S.N. Sangmpam’s middle-range theory that establishes a causal link between society-rooted politics and political outcomes. Building on his analytical frameworks that non-Western countries are characterized by over-politicization in politics as a function of social …
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A grounded theory study of existential psychotherapists’ experiences of working with clients with shopping addiction
… created. I used a constructivist grounded theory methodology (Charmaz, 2006, 2008, 2010) embedded in an interpretivist epistemology. Eight experienced therapists who worked with clients with shopping addiction participated in semi-structured interviews, each lasting one hour. The interviews …
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A Theory of Type Authenticity as Reverential Engagement
This dissertation develops a theory of type authenticity, offering a novel account of the "hot" evaluative dimensions of organizing, those that are morally resonant and culturally inhabited. It extends accounts of recognition-based social evaluations, such as cognitive legitimacy and typicality. It …
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A Qualitative Exploration of Self-Care Behaviors for Disease and Symptom Management Among College Students with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
… T1DM. Therefore, this qualitative study used the middle-range theory of self-care of chronic illness integration of symptoms as a theoretical framework to conceptualize and explore T1DM self-care behaviors utilized for disease and symptom management. Participants engaged in self-care maintenance …
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Resourcefulness, Academic Stress, Dispositional Optimism, and Eating Styles among Fifth and Sixth Graders
… in Taiwan. Theoretical framework: Rosenbaum’s theory of learned resourcefulness and Zauszniewski’s middle-range theory of resourcefulness and quality of life provided the context for examining the relationships among the study variables. Method: A descriptive, correlational, cross-sectional …
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Effects of Nurse Caring Behaviors on Mothers' Anxiety and Attachment in Pregnancy Following Perinatal Loss
… framework drawn from Swanson’s Caring model and middle range theory of caring. The research design was correlational, non-experimental using surveys with established scales applied to a non-probability, non-randomized, convenience sample. Nurse caring was measured using the 24-item Caring …
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An Experimental Program to Evaluate Proposed Functions of Crescents from the Western United States
Crescents are generally lunate bifaces associated with terminal Pleistocene/early Holocene assemblages in the western U.S. and are commonly found near relict lakeshores, marshes, and the Pacific Coast. Many hypotheses regarding crescents' function have been proposed but it has remained a mystery …
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Authentic leadership embedded in a social capital framework : a theory in nursing science
… aim, was formulated to examine how a theory in Nursing Science for authentic leadership embedded in a social capital framework, can be constructed. Theory construction of a middle-range theory was conducted in three phases. Phase One implied concept identification, descriptions, …
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Correlates of Health Literacy and Perceptions of Burden Among Caregivers of Persons Diagnosed with Chronic Illnesses
… (2017) and Tsai’s (2003) caregiver stress middle range theory. These two theories were well aligned with the constructs involved in understanding the experience of burden caregivers may encounter when responding to the task load and stressful situations. <strong>Methodology</strong>: a …
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Strengthening district management as a key lever in health system strengthening: bottom up innovation in two district health systems in South Africa
… the cross-case analysis, I then refined my Middle Range Theory - the final product of a realist evaluation. Key findings include that senior DHS managers drew on their tacit knowledge, understanding of local context, formal training, and systems thinking and sensemaking skills to design …
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Theory for the practice of environmental assessment : mutual adjustment, critical rationality, and power in planning and decision making
This thesis develops theory for the practice of Environmental Assessment (EA) by integrating philosophies with theories and models from the fields of EA, decision making, and city and regional planning. The thesis articulates a theory of the political economy ofEA (a macro theory), which describes …
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The Process of Career Decision-Making in Women: The Decision to Obtain a Nontraditional Occupation
… differences of experiences in working-class and middleclass women's lives due to childhood gender-role socialization and current situations in their lives. The purpose of the study is to examine how past and present experiences influenced four groups of women in making career decisions: 1) owners …