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Epilepsy self‐management: Partial replication and extension
Author(s) -
Dilorio Colleen,
Faherty Barbara
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.4770170304
Subject(s) - social support , regimen , self management , psychology , replication (statistics) , self efficacy , regression analysis , clinical psychology , cognition , medicine , social psychology , psychiatry , computer science , virology , machine learning
The purpose of this study was to determine the association between selected social cognitive variables and self‐management behaviors among a sample of adults with epilepsy. The study, based on Social Cognitive Theory, was a partial replication and extension of a previous study that explored the role of self‐efficacy and social support in epilepsy self‐management. The variables examined in the present study were self‐efficacy, social support, regimen‐specific support, self‐esteem, and self‐management. Data collected from 80 adults attending an epilepsy clinic were analyzed using correlation and regression procedures. Statistically significant relationships were found between self‐efficacy and self‐management and between regimen‐specific support and self‐management. Regression analyses revealed that self‐efficacy and regimen‐specific support made significant contributions to the variance in self‐management, whereas social support and self‐esteem did not.