Perceptions of control over heart disease in people with an inherited predisposition to raised cholesterol

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-30

  Senior, Victoria ^a,b   Marteau, Theresa M ^a   Weinman, John ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causal attributions; Cholesterol; Coronary heart disease; Familial hypercholesterolaemia; Perceived control

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIET; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMOTION; EXERCISE; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INHERITANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEIVED PERSONAL CONTROL; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11844250561     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500512331315334     Document Type: Article

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