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Social Support, Hardiness and Psychological Well‐Being in Women with Arthritis
Author(s) -
Lambert Vickie A.,
Lambert Clinton E.,
Klipple Gary L.,
Mewshaw Elizabeth A.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1989.tb00116.x
Subject(s) - rheumatoid arthritis , hardiness (plants) , social support , clinical psychology , medicine , psychology , arthritis , disease , social psychology , horticulture , cultivar , biology
The purpose of this study of women with rheumatoid arthritis (n = 122) was to determine whether or not social support and hardiness are predictors of psychological well‐being when the severity of the women's rheumatoid arthritic disease process is statistically controlled. The findings suggest that satisfaction with social support and hardiness are indeed significant predictors of psychological well‐being in women with rheumatoid arthritis, regardless of the severity of illness.