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Rogers's Pattern Manifestations and Health in Adolescents

Noreen E. Mahon

College of Nursing, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ

The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine four manifestations of human-environmentalfield patterning-human field motion, humanfield rhythms, creativity, and sentience-in relation to perceived health status in 106 early, 111 middle, and 113 late adolescents. Participants responded to the Perceived Field Motion Instrument (a measure of human field motion), the Human Field Rhythms Scale, the Creativity Scale, the Sentience Scale, the General Health Rating Index (a measure of perceived health status), and a brief demographic data sheet in classroom settings. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlations. Statistically significant positive correlations were found between perceivedfield motion and perceived health status in early, middle, and late adolescents, between human field rhythms and perceived health status in late adolescents only, and between creativity and perceived health status in late adolescents only. The inverse relationship found between sentience and perceived health status in early, middle, and late adolescents was not statistically significant. The findings are interpreted within a Rogerian framework.

Western Journal of Nursing Research, Vol. 17, No. 4, 383-397 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/019394599501700404


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