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PROBLEM: Little is known about the relationships among life change events, hope, and self-care agency in inner-city adolescents METHODS: Adolescents (N = 202) attending two inner-city high schools in Miami (M = 15.9 years; 85% African-Americans; 55% females). Measures used included the Adolescent Life Change Events Questionnaire, Miller Hope Scale, and Denyes Self-Care Agency Instrument. FINDINGS: A significant positive correlation was found between hope and self-care agency. No correlations were found between life change events and hope or life change events and self-care agency. Hope accounted for 20.8% of the variability in self-care agency. CONCLUSIONS: Hope is a significant factor in self-care agency and may be a coping strategy for inner-city adolescents who experience multiple life change events.
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Conducta del Adolescente/psicología , Acontecimientos que Cambian la Vida , Autocuidado/psicología , Población Urbana , Adaptación Psicológica , Adolescente , Adulto , Femenino , Florida , Conductas Relacionadas con la Salud/etnología , Estado de Salud , Humanos , Masculino , Análisis de Regresión , Autoeficacia , Estadística como AsuntoRESUMEN
With the explosion of college-level Web-based courses, concern has arisen about the quality of online courses. Peer review of online courses is one method of ensuring that these courses meet the highest standards. Although numerous colleges and universities use peer review for classroom presentations, clinical experiences, and course materials, peer review of an online course may require a different type of expertise. This article describes the process for conducting a peer review of teaching in Web-based courses and explains how documentation of peer review of an online course can be used for faculty development, promotion and tenure decisions, curriculum decisions, and program review.
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Instrucción por Computador/normas , Bachillerato en Enfermería/normas , Internet/normas , Sistemas en Línea/normas , Revisión por Pares/métodos , Enseñanza/normas , Curriculum/normas , Docentes de Enfermería , Guías como Asunto , Humanos , Relaciones Interprofesionales , Aprendizaje Basado en Problemas/normas , Estudiantes de Enfermería/psicologíaRESUMEN
The psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) were investigated in 222 urban, largely African-American adolescents (68%). High internal consistency was demonstrated, and factor analysis confirmed the three subscale structures of the MSPSS: family, friends, and significant other. Correlations with a family caring scale supported the discriminant validity of the Family subscale. These results confirm the reliability, validity, and utility of the MSPSS with an urban, largely African-American adolescent sample. Implications of the findings are discussed.
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Negro o Afroamericano/psicología , Inventario de Personalidad/estadística & datos numéricos , Psicología del Adolescente , Apoyo Social , Población Urbana , Población Blanca/psicología , Adolescente , Relaciones Familiares , Femenino , Humanos , Relaciones Interpersonales , Masculino , Psicometría , Reproducibilidad de los ResultadosRESUMEN
This naturalistic field study, using ethnonursing methods, was conducted to describe the social and cultural care needs of African American juvenile offenders. This focus is important to consider when planning transcultural nursing care to this group. Data were collected using Leininger's Observation-Participation-Reflection Enabler, and general and key informant interviews with five juveniles (12 to 15 years old) living in a southeastern inner city in the United States. The data analysis revealed a general theme of survival in the face of loss. Losses were conceptualized as the departure or absence of something or someone of value in the juvenile's life. Losses were categorized into the domains of family losses, social losses, and self-identity losses. Four categories of losses unique to each domain were a loss of caring, a loss of protection, a loss of discipline, and a loss of support. The threat to survival was the dominant theme of each type of loss. Implications for transcultural nursing care were formulated based on Leininger's three modes of culture care: cultural care preservation, cultural care accommodation, and cultural care repatterning. These care modes guided culturally congruent nursing actions with African American male juvenile offenders who have experienced losses which were a threat to their health, well being, or survival.