Do expectations influence recovery from oral surgery? An illness representation approach

Psychology and Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 109-126

  McCarthy, Siobhan C ^a,d   Lyons, Antonia C ^a   Weinman, John ^b   Talbot, Rosalind ^c   Purnell, Derek ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WARWICK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d 12 Saxon House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Illness representations; Preoperative expectations; Self regulatory model; Surgical recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037330426     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0887044031000080674     Document Type: Article

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