250 SECTION III Nursing Theory in Nursing Practice, Education, Research, and Administration
Table 16–6 Application to Clients across the Life Span(Continued)TOPIC AUTHOR(S) YEARAdults (continued)Adults, mature*Indicates thesis or dissertationLockhart*
Laben, Dodd, and Sneed
Hanucharurnkui and Vinya-nguag
Kemppainen
McGirr, Rukholm, Salmoni, O’Sullivan, and Koren
Martin
Glenn*
O’Shall*
Sirles and Selleck
Swindale
Husband
Smith
Laben, Sneed, and Seidel
Jonas
Pearson and Vaughan
King and Tarsitano
King
Strauss
Brown and Lee
Daubenmire, Searles, and Ashton
Allan*
Jones, Clark, Merker, and Palau
Rooke
Woods
Tawil*
Temple and Fawdry
Zurakowski*
Kenny
Miller
Kohler
Jonas
King
Rosendahl and Ross1992
1991
1990
1990
1990
1990
1989
1989
1989
1989
1988
1988
1986
1987
1986
1982
1984
1981
1980
1978
1995
1995
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1990
1988
1987
1983
1982The Interacting Systems Framework and mid-
range Theory of Goal Attainment have also been
used to guide practice with adults (young adults,
adults, mature adults) with a broad range of con-
cerns. Doornbos (1995) used King’s work in her
study of young adults experiencing chronic mental
illness.
Examples of applications focusing on adults in-
clude cardiac disease (McGirr, Rukholm, Salmoni,
O’Sullivan, & Koren, 1990), chemical dependence
(McKinney & Dean, 2000), diabetes (Husband,
1988), and renal procedures (Hanucharurnkui
& Vinya-nguag, 1990). Gender-specific work in-
cluded Sharts-Hopko’s (1995) use of concepts
within the Interacting Systems Framework to study
the health status of women during menopause
transition and Martin’s (1990) application of
the framework toward cancer awareness among
males.
Several of the applications with adults have tar-
geted the mature adult, thus demonstrating contri-
butions to the nursing specialty of gerontology.
Kohler (1988) used the framework to increase eld-
erly clients’ sense of shared control over health and
health behaviors. Kenny (1990) also studied the
role of the elderly in their care. Milne (2000) stud-
ied the “impact of information on the health be-
haviors of older adults” (p. 161). In addition,