A model for assessing potential adaptation to stress

• Published in: Research in nursing & health Vol. 5; no. 2; p. 93
• Main Authors: Erickson, H, Swain, M A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.1982
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Adult; Aged; Classification; Female; Humans; Length of Stay; Male; Middle Aged; Models, Psychological; Patients - psychology; Psychological Tests; Stress, Psychological

The purposes of this study were to determine if hospitalized medical-surgical patients could be classified reliably according to their potential to adapt to stress; and to explore the relationship between their adaptive potential and length of hospital stay. Forty-six patients were selected for part...