On a daily basis, individuals with chronic illness must cope with complex treatment regimens and symptoms of illness as they try to integrate these demands into their personal, family, social, and work lives. Furthermore, personal, illness, and environmental factors may influence how people cope with and adapt to chronic ...

This research study was an exploratory effort designed to explicate the relational processes that developed between women and their male partners as they negotiated the early breast cancer recovery. Case-intensive interview data obtained from individual interviews with women and men as well as couples together were analyzed ...

This study was designed to examine the relationships between illness-related stress and change, supportive and nonsupportive marital interactions, and health outcomes for the recovering cardiovascular patient and the spouse. A cross-sectional design was utilized and participants were interviewed approximately two months after ...

Sixty-two male batterers and 31 female victim/partners were recruited from an existing batterers' rehabilitation program from June 1997 through December 1997. Forty-eight men were veterans and 14 active duty. All subjects were interviewed at the initial or second contact with the program. In addition, the batterers were given ...

Premature infants are at risk for many potential problems including deficits in social interaction and sensory perception skills. One of the major reasons for this is the relative social isolation of these infants housed in incubators and separated from parents. There is a need to identify social stimuli that may be provided ...

The purpose of this ethnographic study was to collect and analyse childbearing practices of a Coast Salish band of Native peoples by discovering their perspective of lifestyle behaviours within the context of childbearing and sociocultural environment and identifying Native women's traditional and contemporary childbearing ...

The purpose of this study was to examine subject self-disclosure as a variable which heightens the value of biofeedback, impacts psychophysiologic arousal, and influences the therapeutic relationship between nurse and client.This investigation was a repeated measures design of a drug free hypertension sample. Subjects who ...

Maintaining employment after a diagnosis of cancer and even during therapy is a major challenge for an increasing number of individuals. Although limited, the literature on the return-to-work experience for persons with cancer suggests that they confront a variety of issues and barriers. The individual experience, as understood ...

This study primarily concerns the impact of gender socialization and socioeconomic transformation on young girls' perceptions of their gender roles and sexuality which places them at risk for contracting STDs and AIDS through sexual transmission. Ethnographic approaches were used to develop a fuller understanding of the ...

This research explored methods of assessing organizational context of care at the work unit level. The purpose was to increase understanding of organizational perspectives and improve methods for contextual analysis in the study of clinical interventions and outcomes.A secondary analysis of data obtained from the Critical ...