- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Self-esteem and illness behavior in African American women with systemic lupus erythematosus, 1996
- Creator:
- Dwyer, Annette M.
- Date of Original:
- 1996-04-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The overall objective of this study was to examine the relationship between self-esteem and illness behavior of African-American women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. To attain this objective Lupus support group members were studied. Convenience sampling was used in the study. The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Instrument and the Illness Behavior Inventory were administered to female members in a local church, at their homes, by fax, by mail and by telephone, in the local Atlanta area. A population of 20 African-American women participated in the study. The Pearson R analysis was used to test for relationship (correlation) between self-esteem and illness behavior. The results of the Pearson R Analysis showed that r value= -.3534 and the probability =.126. With these results, the null hypothesis was accepted. The study revealed that there was no statistical relationship (correlation) between self-esteem and illness behavior.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1996_dwyer_annette_m.pdf
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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