ROY ADAPTATION MODEL TESTING: DYADIC ADAPTATION, SOCIAL SUPPORT, AND LONELINESS IN COPD DYADS.
Contributors: University of South Carolina.
Published: 1991
Number of pages: 188
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Psychology, Social.
Description: The purpose of this descriptive correlational study was testing of the theory of interdependence derived from the Roy Adaptation Model (Roy & Roberts, 1981). Dyadic adaptation, representing the individual-significant other relationship; social support, representing the nurturing behavior within the relationships; and loneliness, as an inverse measure of interdependence, were designated as manifestations of the interdependence adaptive mode for the investigation. Self-report Likert type questionnaires were utilized to collect data on 35, volunteer, dyads who had one member with COPD.

Data was collected by the investigator in the respondents' homes using the Dyadic Adjustment Scale, measuring dyadic adaptation, the Personal Resource Questionnaire-85, Part II, measuring social support, and the UCLA Loneliness Scale, measuring loneliness. In addition, demographic data was collected on an investigator developed form. The two members of the dyad completed individual questionnaires and returned them in separate envelopes.

Correlation and multiple regression analyses were conducted on the scores of the individual members of the dyads to test three hypotheses predicting relationships between the variables. Negative correlations were found between dyadic adaptation and loneliness and social support and loneliness. Dyadic adaptation and social support accounted for 43.7% of the variance in the lack of loneliness. The theory of interdependence as derived from the Roy Adaptation Model was supported. The primary implication of this study for nursing is its importance in the advancement of nursing science and its significance for nursing practice. Nurses need to enhance significant other relationships in order to facilitate positive interdependent adaptation.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-12, Section: B, page: 6320.

Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1991.

School code: 0202.