The Relationship between Self-Concept of Kidney-Transplantation Recipients and Their Family System Type by the Circumplex Model.
- Author:
Chung Ja CHUN
1
;
Jeong Hyun KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Kidney;
Transplantation;
Family;
Self-concept
- MeSH:
Hospitals, General;
Humans;
Kidney;
Korea;
Nursing Care;
Seoul;
Transplantation
- From:The Journal of the Korean Society for Transplantation
1998;12(2):297-308
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
This study was aimed to explore the relationship between the type of family system and the self-concept of kidney-transplantation recipients. 190 recipients were sampled from 3 general hospitals in Seoul and Kunggi-area, KOREA. Family Cohesion and Adaptability Evaluation Scale III (Olson et al., 1985) of the Circumplex Model (Olson et al., 1983) and Self-concept Test (Jeong, Won Sik, 1968) were used to collect the data. The data collected was analyses by the t-Test and ANOVA. It was found that there were no differences on recipients' self-concepts by types of family systems. But there were differences in recipients' self-concepts by family cohesion and adaptability levels. That is, the higher level of cohesion and adaptability, the higher the recipients' self-concepts. The type of family system and recipients' self-concept are related. So the recipients and the family of recipients must be included in subjects of medical and nursing care.
