A STRUCTURED GROUP NURSING INTERVENTION FOR GIRLS WHO HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED UTILIZING ROY'S THEORY OF THE PERSON AS AN ADAPTIVE SYSTEM (NURSING INTERVENTION).
Contributors: University of South Carolina.
Published: 1990
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Health Sciences, Mental Health.
Description: Purpose. (1) To determine the effectiveness of a Structured Group Nursing Intervention (SGNI) to promote the adaptation of girls, ages 9-14 years who had been sexually abused, (2) to determine the utility of Roy's theory as a framework for viewing the problem of child sexual abuse from a nursing perspective, a structure within which to test the SGNI, and a means to predict clinical nursing intervention outcomes.

Research questions. (1) Is a SGNI effective in the promotion of adaptation of sexually abused girls ages 9-14 years, compared to sexually abused girls ages 9-14 years who receive agency treatment, and girls, 9-14 years from the community who have not been sexually abused and who do not receive treatment? (2) Are the psychosocial modes of Roy's theory of utility as an organizing framework, a structure within which to view child sexual abuse, and a means to predict nursing intervention outcomes?.

Design. Longitudinal, repeated measures, quasi-experimental, and triangulation in the self-concept mode.

Sample. 17 girls, sexually abused, who were randomly assigned to the SGNI, a control group of 13 girls, sexually abused, who received agency treatment, and a comparison group of 17 community girls, not sexually abused, who did not receive treatment. The SGNI was an eight week series of one hour per week group sessions for girls who had been sexually abused.

Instruments. Self-Perception Profile for Children (Harter, 1985), a modified version of the UCLA Revised Loneliness (Russell, Peplau, & Cutrona, 1980), Youth Self-Report (Achenbach, 1988), Child Mental Health Self Care Inventory (Gast, 1988), and Kinetic Family Drawing (Elin & Nucho, 1979).

Results. Research question one was not supported; there were no significant statistical differences among groups over time. There was tentative support for research question two; all groups tended to achieve scores indicating adaptation in the psychosocial modes, thus lending support for the Roy Adaptation Model.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-03, Section: B, page: 1350.

Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1990.

School code: 0202.