Biomedical subjects

N E Mahon

Publications and source records attributed to N E Mahon.

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Loneliness in early adolescents: an empirical test of alternate explanations.

Two alternate explanations of loneliness by Weiss (1973), the situational theory and the characterological theory, were tested in a sample of 112 boys and girls between the ages of 12 to 14. In addition to responding to the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale, participants completed instruments measuring variables linked to either the situational or the characterological explanations of loneliness. Using hierarchical analysis of sets, the results indicated that the set of variables used to test the situational theory explained more variance in loneliness when entered first (62%) or second (34%) in the analysis than did the characterological set when entered first (33%) or second (5%) in the analysis. The findings suggested that the situational explanation played a more significant role than the characterological explanation in understanding loneliness in early adolescents.

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The unification model in nursing: a study of receptivity among nurse educators in the United States.

The purpose of this study was to analyze receptivity to the proposed introduction of the Unification of Education and Service Model among nurse educators in the United States according to the status-risk theory of receptivity. The three status groups studied were deans, tenured faculty, and nontenured faculty. Two phases of data collection involved probability sampling of baccalaureate nursing schools and educators. The final sample of 222 nurse educators represented 87 schools and 42 states. Receptivity to the proposed innovation and the level of risk perceived as accompanying this action were assessed from responses to three semantic differentials which were included in mailed booklets. None of the hypotheses was supported. The results, however, offer evidence of support for the status-risk theory of receptivity.

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The relationship of self-disclosure, interpersonal dependency, and life changes to loneliness in young adults.

Using a sample of 209 volunteer students between the ages of 18 and 25 from an urban university, the relationships between self-disclosure, interpersonal dependency, life changes, and loneliness were studied. Respondents completed the Jourard 40-Item Self-Disclosure Questionnaire, the Interpersonal Dependency Inventory, the Recent Life Change Questionnaire, and the revised UCLA Loneliness Scale. Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients and multiple regression analysis were used to test the hypotheses. Hypotheses were supported predicting an inverse relationship between self-disclosure and loneliness (p less than .005) and a positive relationship between interpersonal dependency and loneliness (p less than .005). However, a positive relationship between life changes and loneliness was not supported. Data also supported the hypothesis that self-disclosure, interpersonal dependency, and life changes would account for greater variance in loneliness than any single variable alone (F(3,204 = 14.433), p less than .01). From a stepwise multiple regression analysis, self-disclosure and interpersonal dependency together accounted for 17.4 percent of the variance in loneliness. Implications for nursing practice are discussed with particular emphasis on potential strategies for preventing loneliness.

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Social support and well-being in adolescents: the mediating role of hopefulness.

The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which hopefulness mediates the relationship between perceived social support and general well-being in midadolescents. The sample consisted of 99 high school students, aged 15 to 17, all of whom completed the Personal Resource Questionnaire (PRQ85-Part II), a social support measure, the Hopefulness Scale for Adolescents, and the Adolescent General Well-Being Questionnaire in classroom settings. Statistically significant positive correlations were found between perceived social support and general well-being, perceived social support and hopefulness, and hopefulness and general well-being. Hopefulness was a potent mediator in the relationship between perceived social support and general well-being in midadolescents.

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