Fear of contagion: A response to stress?

被引:6
作者
Bennett, J
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attitudes about AIDS; infection control; nurse attitudes; occupational stress; theory of stress-coping;
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10.1097/00012272-199809000-00008
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R47 [护理学];
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1011 ;
摘要
Most of the research on nurses' responses to people affected by AIDS has comprised atheoretical surveys or cross-sectional correlation studies. A decade ago, Meisenhelder and LaCharite were among the first to propose a theoretical explanation for these responses, including implications for altering them. They posited that "fear of contagion [is] an affective response of the stress-coping process... [and] highlighted origins of the fear, behavioral manifestations, and avenues for exploration to decrease this perceived threat." (1(p29))This article reexamines the interpretation of the empirical data on which their proposition rested, places that data in the context of other research about the nurses' AIDS-care attitudes, including Meisenhelder's own subsequent research, and discusses the model's utility for anticipating and influencing nurses' behavioral response to HIV-affected populations.
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