%0 Journal Article
%T Understanding Homeless Adults by Testing the Theory of Self-Care
%J Nursing science quarterly
%D 2001
%A Anderson, Judith A.
%V 14
%N 1
%P 59-67
%X 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.<p />
%G 
%I SAGE Publishing
%@ 0894-3184
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08943180122108067