Investigation of Life Change Events, Hope and Self-Care Agency in Inner City Adolescents. Executive Summary

摘要

The descriptive correlational study investigated relationships among life change events, hope and self-care agency in inner-city adolescents. The sample included 202 male and female adolescents from 13 to 19 years of age, volunteers from two public high schools in Miami, Florida. A major finding of the study was the significant positive correlation found between hope and self-care agency. The magnitude and significance of the correlation remained the same when life change events was introduced as a control variable. The study also demonstrated that there was no correlation found between life change events and self-care agency. However, when hope was introduced as a control variable, there was a significant correlation found between life change events and the adolescents' valuing of health, one of six self-care agency subscales.