Factors important for the measurement of social comparison in chronic illness: A mixed-methods study

Chronic Illness

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 219-230

  Dibb, Bridget ^a   Yardley, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; M ni re's disease; Mixed methods; Scale development; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENIERE DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF HELP; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENIERE'S DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33748992576     PISSN: 17423953     EISSN: 17459206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174592006X129473     Document Type: Article

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