Concepts related to the personal system are perception, self, growth and development, body image, time, and space. TIME is the duration between the occurrence of one event and the occurrence of another event. The concepts associated with this system are interaction, communication, transaction, role, and stress. The process of interactions between two or more individuals represents a sequence of verbal and nonverbal behaviors that are goal directed. This concept encompasses intrapersonal and interpersonal communication, as well as verbal and nonverbal communication.
Transactions are goal-directed human behaviors.
ROLE is a set of behaviors expected when occupying a position in a social system. The concepts related to social systems are organization, authority, power, status, and decision-making. The theory of goal attainment was derived from the personal and interpersonal system of King's conceptual framework. The theory of goal attainment is reflected in the nursing process of perception, judgment, action, reaction, interaction, and transaction.