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Health‐related hardiness and the effect of a psycho‐educational group on clients' symptoms
Author(s) -
Davis Bryn,
WEBSTER C.,
AUSTIN W.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1365-2850
pISSN - 1351-0126
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2850.1999.630241.x
Subject(s) - hostility , hardiness (plants) , psychoticism , clinical psychology , distress , psychoeducation , feeling , psychology , psychological intervention , intervention (counseling) , mental health , health promotion , medicine , psychiatry , nursing , public health , personality , social psychology , extraversion and introversion , big five personality traits , horticulture , cultivar , biology
In the health literature, an individual's ability to resist illness when under stress has been referred to as ‘hardiness’. Resources, which may be used to sustain a sense of well being, can be categorized by two broad domains, ‘control’ and ‘commitment and challenge'. In this research, a quasi‐experimental nonequivalent control group design was used to determine the impact of a specific clinical nursing intervention (the Wellness Program) in terms of its usefulness in fostering the development of health‐related hardiness. Findings demonstrated a significant reduction in symptoms related to obsessive compulsiveness, hostility, psychoticism and average level of distress after subjects completed a relatively short psycho‐educational health promotion group. Subjectively, the treatment group subjects also described positive changes in thoughts, feelings and behaviours. This research has implications for clinical interventions using small groups to promote health.