behavioral system model

behavioral system model

 a conceptual model of nursing, formulated by Dorothy E. johnson, concerned with structural or functional problems in the behavioral system and its subsystems.

behavioral system model

A conceptual model of nursing developed by Dorothy Johnson. The person is regarded as a behavioral system with seven subsystems—attachment, dependency, ingestion, elimination, sexuality, aggression, achievement. The goal of nursing is to restore, maintain, or attain behavioral system balance and stability.