TY - JOUR
T1 - Wellness Motivation Theory
T2 - An Exploration of Theoretical Relevance
AU - Fleury, Julie
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Data were collected from 14 older, rural African American men and women to explore how individual motivation affects the initiation and maintenance of health-related behavior. The research consisted of an inductive exploration designed to examine the validity and cultural relevance of an existing theoretical framework for wellness motivation in health behavior change. Through the technique of constant comparative analysis, the basic social process of empowering potential was substantiated as a process of individual growth and goal-directed behavior that facilitated the initiation and maintenance of positive health patterns. The process of empowering potential consisted of three stages: appraising readiness changing, and integrating change. Two categories provided a cultural context for the process: health value orientation and network affiliation. The data validated and expanded a developing theoretical framework for wellness motivation in health behavior change.
AB - Data were collected from 14 older, rural African American men and women to explore how individual motivation affects the initiation and maintenance of health-related behavior. The research consisted of an inductive exploration designed to examine the validity and cultural relevance of an existing theoretical framework for wellness motivation in health behavior change. Through the technique of constant comparative analysis, the basic social process of empowering potential was substantiated as a process of individual growth and goal-directed behavior that facilitated the initiation and maintenance of positive health patterns. The process of empowering potential consisted of three stages: appraising readiness changing, and integrating change. Two categories provided a cultural context for the process: health value orientation and network affiliation. The data validated and expanded a developing theoretical framework for wellness motivation in health behavior change.
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U2 - 10.1097/00006199-199609000-00005
DO - 10.1097/00006199-199609000-00005
M3 - Article
C2 - 8831654
AN - SCOPUS:0030238051
SN - 0029-6562
VL - 45
SP - 277
EP - 283
JO - Nursing research
JF - Nursing research
IS - 5
ER -