A critical analysis of hardiness
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1Clinical Policy Division, Office of the Army Surgeon General, Falls Church, VA.
Nursing Research
|September 1, 1994
Abstract:
Hardiness is a construct with widespread appeal to nurse researchers. Of 97 papers reviewed, 35 were written by nurses. Because of its popularity, there is a pressing need to analyze hardiness carefully. This critical analysis of hardiness describes Kobasa's work as the foundation of hardiness research, provides a review of hardiness in the nursing literature, and recommends future hardiness research.