The primary purpose of this study was to explore the concepts of health and learning in the McGill Model of Nursing by examining the relationships between sense of coherence, self-directed continuing learning, and psychological well-being in a sample of white, middle class, English-speaking, elderly adults in a large, urban, long-term care residence. The secondary purpose was to contribute to the testing of the measurement instruments for use in studies with older adults. A quantitative, nondirectional, correlational design, using a sample of convenience, found a high positive correlation between sense of coherence and psychological well-being and a moderate positive correlation between sense of coherence and self-directed continuing learning. The results lend support to the relationship between health and learning in the McGill Model of Nursing and to the relevance of the model to gerontological nursing in long-term care. Further research is required to examine the relationship in other elderly populations.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.60526 |
| Date | January 1991 |
| Creators | Comer, Mary T. (Mary Theresa) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (School of Nursing.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001271245, proquestno: AAIMM72096, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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