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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Outlook. 2010 Sep–Oct;58(5):242–251. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2010.05.001

Table 1.

Summary of Model Changes

Conceptual Change Model Change
Terminology was modified to
improve clarity.
Residual stimuli changed to individual and family
characteristics.

Contextual stimuli changed to individual and family
responses.

Self-care changed to self-management.
Additional variables were added
to the model to increase
specificity of factors influencing
adaptation.
Treatment modality and family environment added to
individual and family characteristics.

Stress added to psychosocial responses.

Severity of psychosocial responses differentiated.

Self-efficacy, family functioning, and social competence
added to individual and family responses.

Self-management separated from other individual and
family responses.

Quality of life added as an adaptation outcome.
More recursive pathways in the
model were defined and
additional pathways are proposed.
Psychosocial responses influences and is influenced by
individual and family responses.

Self-management influences and is influenced by coping,
self-efficacy, family functioning, and social competence.

Individual and family responses influence and are
influenced by adaptation.

Adaptation influences psychosocial responses.