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Health-related hardiness
Susan E. Pollock
PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor & Associate Dean
School of Nursing
Texas Tech University Health Sciences |
Pollock (1984) developed
the concept of health-related hardiness while studying
the adaptation response of individuals to chronic
illnesses such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and
rheumatoid arthritis. Health-related hardiness is a
personality resource comprising of (a) the commitment
dimension, which represents the appraisal and coping
strategies an individual used in adaptation to chronic
illness; (b) the control dimension, which represents
the use of ego resources necessary to appraise,
interpret, and respond to health stressors; and (c)
the challenge domain, which represents the reappraisal
of the health stressors as potentially beneficial or
rewarding rather than threatening or harmful (Pollock,
1986).
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Selected Publications:
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Pollock, S. E. (1984). Adaptation to
stress. Texas Nursing, 58, 12-13.
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Pollock, S. E. (1986).
Human responses to chronic illness: Physiologic and
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psychosocial
adaptation. Nursing Research, 35, 90-95.
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Pollock, S. E. (1989).
The hardiness characteristic: A motivating factor in
adaptation. Advances in Nursing Science, 11 (2),
53-62.
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Pollock, S. E., &
Duffy, M. E. (1990). The health-related hardiness
scale: Development and psychometric analysis.
Nursing Research, 39, 218-222.
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