TY - JOUR
T1 - (How) Do We Theorize?
T2 - A Focused Mapping Review and Synthesis of Theoretical Nursing Research in the German-Speaking Area
AU - Eppel-Meichlinger, Jasmin
AU - Cartaxo, Ana
AU - Clement, Theresa
AU - Hirt, Julian
AU - Wallner, Martin
AU - Mayer, Hanna
N1 - Copyright © 2023 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023/6/19
Y1 - 2023/6/19
N2 - There are increasing discussions on theory dynamics in nursing research. We aimed at mapping the theoretical publication output by nursing researchers from the European German-speaking area. We conducted a focused mapping review and synthesis, focusing on nursing journals articles with a theory-related aim. We identified 32 eligible publications, reflecting 2% of the nursing journal articles affiliated with researchers from our target region. Twenty-one articles involved an inductive approach. Eleven articles intended to test or revise a theory. The theoretical publication output with a theory-related aim was low. Theory-building efforts were fragmented and mostly without reference to a meta-theoretical level.
AB - There are increasing discussions on theory dynamics in nursing research. We aimed at mapping the theoretical publication output by nursing researchers from the European German-speaking area. We conducted a focused mapping review and synthesis, focusing on nursing journals articles with a theory-related aim. We identified 32 eligible publications, reflecting 2% of the nursing journal articles affiliated with researchers from our target region. Twenty-one articles involved an inductive approach. Eleven articles intended to test or revise a theory. The theoretical publication output with a theory-related aim was low. Theory-building efforts were fragmented and mostly without reference to a meta-theoretical level.
U2 - 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000498
DO - 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000498
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 37326962
SN - 0161-9268
JO - Advances in Nursing Science
JF - Advances in Nursing Science
ER -