2008 Volume 31 Issue 5 Pages 5_79-5_87
The relationship of family acceptance, stress coping behavior, distress in daily life to familial negative attitude was investigated using causal analysis in 150 family members living in the Chugoku and Shikoku districts returned completed questionnaires. Family acceptance and stress coping behavior were indirectly determines familial negative attitude via distress in daily life while family acceptance was directly determines. The determination coefficients were 0.34 for distress in daily life and 0.47 for familial negative attitude which indicate 34% of the variance in distress in daily life was explained by family acceptance and stress coping behavior, 47% of the variance in familial negative attitude was explained by distress in daily life based on family acceptance and stress coping behavior. These results suggest potential clues to nursing support for family members based on statistical evidence.
