A DELPHI STUDY OF THE DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS OF INTERDEPENDENCE AND DYSFUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE AS POTENTIAL NURSING DIAGNOSES (PSYCHIATRIC NURSING).
Contributors: University of South Carolina.
Published: 1992
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: Health Sciences, Mental Health.; Health Sciences, Nursing.; Psychology, Personality.
Description: A three round Delphi study was completed to determine the defining characteristics of interdependence and dysfunctional independence. Prevalence of dependence, independence, and interdependence in clients of respondents also was reported.

174 certified psychiatric-mental health nurse psychotherapists participated in Round I, and 119 remained as participants throughout the three rounds of the study. Content analysis yielded ten defining characteristics for interdependence and 13 for dysfunctional independence for rating in Round II. Round II defining characteristics, their means, and a set of additional alternatives were returned to respondents to gain consensus in Round III. 21 of the original 23 defining characteristics were accepted as "appropriate", and one was accepted as "very appropriate".

Prevalence of dependence, independence, and interdependence was determined for gender and race. Data was obtained for Whites and Blacks in proportion to their representation in the general population, but Hispanic, Asian, and the American Indian/Eskimo/Aleutian groups were not represented at the level of their representation in the general population.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-08, Section: B, page: 4024.

Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1992.

School code: 0202.