Citation

Anderson JA. Nurs. Sci. Q. 2001; 14(1): 59-67.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/08943180122108067

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This article explicates, within a sample of homeless adults, the relationship between self-care agency, self-care, and well-being, while controlling for select basic conditioning factors. Self-care is found to explain 30% of the variance in current well-being. Self-esteem and affect balance, along with the power components of self-care agency, are found to explain 25% of the variance in self-care and, together with select basic conditioning factors, to explain 54% of its variance. Affect is proposed as an energy disposition, a dimension of self-care agency. Recommendations are made to strengthen the homeless individual’s self-care agency.