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Friday, July 13, 2007
Theory of Well-Being Derived from Martha E. Rogers' Theory of Unitary Human Being
Sarah Gueldner, DSN, RN, FAAN, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
This presentation looks at how Rogerian scholars have defined well-being as a basis for practice and research, with particular attention to the work of Parse (1997), Barrett (1990), Newman (1994), Morris (1991), Hills (1998), Johnston (1994), Davis (1989), Hindman (1993), Smith (l981), and others. The presentation also introduces the Well-Being Picture Scale (WPS), an easy-to-administer ten-item instrument developed to measure sense of well-being in the broadest possible range of populations, including persons who are unable to read English text, or who may be too sick or frail to respond to lengthier or more complex measures. The scale has been translated into Taiwanese, Japanese, Arabic, Korean, and Spanish, and reports an overall Cronbach’s alpha of .88. The WPS is available in a paper and pencil format, and is presently under development as an online tool.