Profese Online, 2011 (vol. 4), issue 2

Profese online 2011, 4(2):17-21 | DOI: 10.5507/pol.2011.012

ROY'S ADAPTATION MODEL AS A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK IN NURSING RESEARCH

Mária Sováriová Soósová

Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik, Košice, Slovak Republic

Nursing models provide conceptual frameworks for clarifying human behaviour components from a specific philosophical perspective. The aim of this study was to describe variables (environmental stimuli, a control cognator subsystem, adaptation modes) which have been classified and tested in accordance with Roy's adaptation model (RAM). The analysis and synthesis processes were used in order to explore the usefulness and serviceability of RAM in nursing research and practise. The primary research studies based on RAM, study overviews and meta-analysis were used for analysis and synthesis. The classification of input stimuli was clear in certain studies, while further studies have not been precisely defined in their classification. The cognator subsystem has usually been studied as a control mechanism represented by the cognitive-emotional coping strategies of life events. The physiological adaptation was usually clearly defined and measured as a biological response. Differences have been identified in the theoretical definition and the measurement of adaptive modes of self-concept, role function and interdependence. In certain studies, the relevance of the watched variable in relation to the respective RAM mode was clearly defined, but in a number of studies the modes were tested together as a field of psychosocial adaptation.

Keywords: Roy's Adaptation Model, theoretical framework, nursing research

Published: October 2011  Show citation