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Perceptions of self‐care in East Germany: a cross‐cultural empirical investigation
Author(s) -
Whetstone William R.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1987.tb01317.x
Subject(s) - german , sample (material) , agency (philosophy) , cross cultural , psychology , perception , cross cultural studies , nursing , social psychology , sociology , medicine , geography , social science , chemistry , archaeology , chromatography , neuroscience , anthropology
The purpose of this empirical investigation was replication for comparing self‐care phenomena in a cross‐cultural setting. Two self‐reporting inventories were employed to measure perceptual dimensions of self‐care agency and self‐concept. Both inventories were translated into German and administered to a convenience sample of 17 adults living in an agricultural collective in East Germany. One research concern was the usability of American‐constructed nursing assessment tools in another culture. Other research questions for cross‐cultural comparisons of means were formulated. Self‐care and self‐concept were related in the East German sample. Self‐care agency means for the East German sample were lower than for an American student sample. Study limitations are identified and cross‐cultural implications of the findings for nursing are discussed.