Antecedents and Consequences
According to Walker and Avant (2005), defining the antecedents and consequences in a concept analysis is
often ignored or taken lightly, but may serve as a con- siderable tool in understanding the social contexts and how the concept is generally applied. Antecedents are the events or incidents that must occur prior to the occurrence of the concept and consequences are those events that occur as a result of the occurrence of the concept (Walker & Avant).