title: A dialogue about two nursing science traditions: the Roy adaptation model and the human becoming theory.
abstract: The authors engage in a dialogue about the ontology, epistemology, and methodologies in research within their respective theoretical perspectives, the Roy adaptation model and the human becoming theory, insofar as these represent different paradigms in nursing science. In the discussion of ontology as the lens through which humans view their world, they articulate the primacy of ontology over methodology in shaping knowledge development.
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Tacoma, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Marjorie C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Dobratz
authors.forename: F Beryl
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Pilkington
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D006803:Human Development; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D009742:Nursing Theory; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D012107:Research Design