Aims To provide the first known concept analysis of psychosocial adaptation, exploring its
evolution from the concept adaptation. We also determine how psychosocial adaptation is …

Adaptation theories from the social and biological sciences have served well as building
blocks for theory development in nursing. Recent consideration of the theories and their …

Psychological acculturation is a complex process that has been widely discussed in the
literature of anthropology, psychology, and sociology. The purpose of this article is to …

(Roy, 1984, p. 39). It is not clear whether the preceding definition replaced the health-ill-ness
continuum or whether the integrated and whole person was synonymous with the peak …

Human beings incessantly respond to myriad internal and external environmental stimuli. A
stimulus is any entity that provokes a response (Andrews & Roy, 1991a) and that serves as …

The group of researchers began working together 5 years ago and formed a society to share
scholarly interests and work together on selected projects. The society is now known as the …

The purpose of this article is to articulate how the Roy adaptation model has been extended
as a conceptual framework to meet changing global needs. Nursing's social mandate is …

URSING PRACTITIONERS, researchers, scientists and educators are continually trying to
establish a body of knowledge for the nursing profession. One area receiving increasing …

HE ROY adaptation model offers nursing a unique, emerging theoretical framework through
which the profession can define its body of knowledge. Roy believes that the developing …

In 1999, the Boston-Based Adaptation in Nursing Research Society associates published
their analysis of Roy adaptation model—based research. This earlier analysis supported the …