Bodily embarrassment and judgment concern as separable factors in the measurement of medical embarrassment: Psychometric development and links to treatment-seeking outcomes

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 439-462

  Consedine, Nathan S ^a   Krivoshekova, Yulia S ^a   Harris, Christine R ^b  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHAME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847226561     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910706X118747     Document Type: Article

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