Alexithymia, fibromyalgia, and psychological distress among adolescents: literature review.

The purpose of this article is to review the literature regarding the relationships between alexithymia, fibromyalgia (FM), and psychological distress among adolescents. Google Scholar and databases were searched using alexithymia, fibromyalgia, psychological distress, and adolescent keywords. Studies that examine the relationship between alexithymia and fibromyalgia and the contribution of psychological distress on this relationship among adolescents are lacking.

The Pragmatic Utility of Watson-Based Caring Measures.

Purpose: This study aims to clarify the caring concept with emphasis on the pragmatic utility of caring measures.

Method: The Morse et al. (Morse, Hupcey, Mitcham, & Lenz, 1996; Morse, Mitcham, Hupcey, & Tasón, 1996) criteria for concept maturity were used as a framework.

Health: A Developing Concept in Nursing.

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the level of maturity of the concept of health in the nursing discipline.

Method: The four principles of Morse and colleagues were used to evaluate the level of maturity of the health concept-epistemological, logical, pragmatical, and linguistical.

Findings: This evaluation suggests that the concept of health in nursing is immature, defined inconsistently, and with different instruments.