Determinants of health-related hardiness among urban older African-American women with chronic illnesses.
A systematic probability sample of 100 community-living older African-American women with chronic illnesses was evaluated during clinic visits to an urban safety-net hospital to explore health and demographic factors predictive of health-related hardiness (HRH). Questionnaires on HRH, function, self-assessed health, morbidity, health behavior, and selected demographics were used for collection of data. Multiple linear regression analyses ascertained that years of education and function explained 20% of the variance in HRH. Findings raise issues regarding validity of HRH prediction models and the cultural appropriateness of current methods of assessing HRH in older African-American women.
Department of Primary Care Nursing, University of Tennessee at Memphis, USA.
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Engle
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D016014:Linear Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010551:Personality; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*