Title

C.S. Lewis and Physical Therapy: What's Love Got to do with It?

Document Type

Thesis

Comments


Presented to the Honors Committee of Texas State University-San Marcos In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For Graduation in the University Honors Program, May, 2008.
Thesis Advisor:
Dr. Steven Beebe
Dr. Barbara Melzer

Abstract

This research was concerned with temporary nursing home residents’ physical therapy progression and regression and its relationship to social support as operationalized by C.S. Lewis’ The Four Loves. Most previous research has concluded that there is a relationship between social support and health. This researcher informally interviewed 17 subjects participating in physical therapy at Deer Creek Rehabilitation of Wimberley, TX. The interview measured their amount of social support as operationalized by Lewis’ The Four Loves. These 17 subjects’ initial and final MDS (Minimum Data Set) physical therapy score differences were collected. The MDS Scores and Love Interview Scores were analyzed using SPSS software in a Pearson Correlation Test. The correlation coefficient was .037. This is an extremely weak relationship, which means that this research discovered no relationship between C.S. Lewis’ The Four Loves social support and physical therapy progression and regression. This may be due to many limitations with this study.