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The Lived Experience Of Spirituality In The Lives Of Caribbean Men, Camille A. O. Hamilton
The Lived Experience Of Spirituality In The Lives Of Caribbean Men, Camille A. O. Hamilton
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This is a qualitative phenomenological study exploring the lived experience of spirituality in the lives of English-speaking Caribbean men, aged 40-60 years old, living with chronic illness and residing in the United States. In this study Caribbean men living with chronic illness are asked to reflect on their lived experiences and evolution of the experienced phenomenon of spirituality. A purposive sample of eleven English-speaking men from the Caribbean, living with chronic illness were recruited and interviewed for this study. Max van Manen’s 1997 Methodological Structure of Human Science Research was used as the phenomenological guide. The exploration uncovered 4 essential …
Development And Psychometric Analysis Of The Roy Adaptation Modes Scale (Rams) To Measure Coping And Adaptation, Sandra A. Russo
Development And Psychometric Analysis Of The Roy Adaptation Modes Scale (Rams) To Measure Coping And Adaptation, Sandra A. Russo
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Peoples’ lives are often interrupted or changed by experiencing a serious illness. It is important to study and understand the various coping processes that people have in adapting to illness. The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument to measure a person’s coping response to illness-related stimuli using the Roy Adaptation Model (RAM) as its structure and framework. This study is quantitative descriptive design to develop the validity and reliability of a new instrument the Roy Adaptation Modes Scale (RAMS). A review of RAM based measurement instruments found no instrument that measured all four adaptive modes that is …