Symptom perceptions, illness beliefs and coping in chronic fatigue syndrome

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-235

  Moss Morris, Rona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Catastrophizing; Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS); Cognitive behavioural model; Coping; Illness perceptions; Illness representations; Symptom focussing; Symptom perception

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CATASTROPHIZING; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL MODEL; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISASTER; HUMAN; ILLNESS PERCEPTION; ILLNESS REPRESENTATION; MODEL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; POSTVIRAL CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOM FOCUSING; SYMPTOM PERCEPTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 22144497407     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638230500136548     Document Type: Review

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