Hardiness, sense of coherence, and potency : their relationship to each other, and to health practices
Thesis (M.Sc.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1988. Medicine Bibliography: leaves 48-52. In recent years, considerable attention has been paid to personality dimensions as modifiers of the stress-illness relationship. Included amongst those modifiers investigated have been hardiness, sense of...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:theses2/199899 2023-05-15T17:23:34+02:00 Hardiness, sense of coherence, and potency : their relationship to each other, and to health practices Gosse, Verena Florence Memorial University of Newfoundland. Faculty of Medicine 1988 vi, 73 leaves : ill. Image/jpeg; Application/pdf http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses2/id/199899 Eng eng Electronic Theses and Dissertations (12.70 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Gosse_VerenaFlorence2.pdf 76083025 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses2/id/199899 The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission. Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries Stress (Psychology) Self-protective behavior Health behavior Stress Psychological Personality Text Electronic thesis or dissertation 1988 ftmemorialunivdc 2015-08-06T19:17:16Z Thesis (M.Sc.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1988. Medicine Bibliography: leaves 48-52. In recent years, considerable attention has been paid to personality dimensions as modifiers of the stress-illness relationship. Included amongst those modifiers investigated have been hardiness, sense of coherence, and potency. The purpose of this study was to investigate the apparent similarity among these three constructs, and among their components. As well, the relationship between the three personality constructs and the occurrence of health protective behaviours was examined. -- Questionnaires measuring the personality constructs and health behaviours were administered to 314 subjects. The results indicated that there was a positive and substantial relationship among the three personality constructs, and among their components. The hypothesized relationship between the personality constructs and health protective behaviours was also supported. Thesis Newfoundland studies University of Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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Thesis (M.Sc.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1988. Medicine Bibliography: leaves 48-52. In recent years, considerable attention has been paid to personality dimensions as modifiers of the stress-illness relationship. Included amongst those modifiers investigated have been hardiness, sense of coherence, and potency. The purpose of this study was to investigate the apparent similarity among these three constructs, and among their components. As well, the relationship between the three personality constructs and the occurrence of health protective behaviours was examined. -- Questionnaires measuring the personality constructs and health behaviours were administered to 314 subjects. The results indicated that there was a positive and substantial relationship among the three personality constructs, and among their components. The hypothesized relationship between the personality constructs and health protective behaviours was also supported. |
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