Citation

Woods SJ, Isenberg MA. Nurs. Sci. Q. 2001; 14(3): 215-221.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/08943180122108463

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to test one aspect of a proposed middle-range theory synthesized from the Roy adaptation model and linked with the framework of post-traumatic stress. A predictive-correlational design was used to examine adaptation as a mediator of traumatic stress in battered women. Analysis included regression and path analytic procedures. Results indicated (a) direct relationships between the focal stimuli of abuse and the response of post-traumatic stress disorder and (b) adaptation in the physiologic, self-concept, and interdependence modes partially mediated the relationship between the focal stimuli of abuse and the response of post-traumatic stress disorder in battered women.