Context-evoked overperception in asthma

Psychology and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 737-748

  De Peuter, Steven ^a,c   Put, Claudia ^b   Lemaigre, Valentine ^b   Demedts, Maurits ^b   Verleden, Geert ^b   Van Den Bergh, Omer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Department of Psychology ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asthma; Conditioning; Emotions; Histamine; Negative affectivity; Symptom perception; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547365903     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14768320601151702     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Bijl-Hofland, I. D., Cloosterman, S. G. M., Folgering, H. Th. M., Akkermans, R. P., & van Schayck, C. P. (1999). Relation of the perception of airway obstruction to the severity of asthma. Thorax, 54, 15-19.
2. Bijl-Hofland, I. D., Folgering, H. Th. M., van den Hoogen, H., Cloosterman, S. G. M., Van Weel, G., Donkers, J. M., et al. (1999). Perception of bronchoconstriction in asthma patients measured during histamine challenge test. European Respiratory Journal, 14, 1049-1054.
3. Bishop, G. D. (1991). Understanding the understanding of illness: Lay disease representations. In J. A. Skelton & R. T. Croyle (Eds), Mental representations in health and illness (pp. 32-59). New York: Springer New York.
4. Chetta, A., Gerra, G., Foresi, A., Zaimovic, A., Del Donno, M., Chittolini, B., et al. (1998). Personality profiles and breathlessness perception in outpatients with different gradings of asthma. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 157, 116-122.
5. Cockcroft, D. W., Killian, D. N., Mellon, J. J., & Hargreave, F. E. (1977). Bronchial reactivity to inhaled histamine: A method and clinical survey. Clinical Allergy, 7, 235-243.
6. Costa, P. T., & McCrae, R. R. (1987). Neuroticism, somatic complaints and disease: Is the bark worse than the bite? Journal of Personality, 55, 299-316.
7. De Peuter, S., Van Diest, I., Lemaigre, V., Verleden, G., Demedts, M., & Van den Bergh, O. (2004). Dyspnea: The role of psychological processes. Clinical Psychology Review, 24, 557-581.
8. De Peuter, S., Van Diest, I., Lemaigre, V., Wan, L., Verleden, G., Demedts, M., et al. (2005). Can subjective asthma symptoms be learned? Psychosomatic Medicine, 67, 454-461.
9. Kinsman, R. A., Luparello, T., O'Banion, K., & Spector, S. (1973). Multidimensional analysis of the subjective symptomatology of asthma. Psychosomatic Medicine, 35, 250-267.
10. Lehrer, P., Feldman, J., Giardino, N., Song, H.-S., & Schmaling, K. (2002). Psychological aspects of asthma. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 70, 691-711.
11. Main, J., Moss-Morris, R., Booth, R., Kaptein, A. A., & Kolbe, J. (2003). The use of reliever medication in asthma: The role of negative mood and symptom reports. Journal of Asthma, 40, 357-365.
12. Martin, R., Rothrock, N., Leventhal, H., & Leventhal, E. (2003). Common sense models of illness: Implications for symptom perception and health-related behaviors. In J. Suis & K. A. Wallston (Eds), Social psychological foundations of health and illness (pp. 199-225). Malden: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
13. Mogg, K., & Bradley, B. P. (1998). A cognitive-motivational analysis of anxiety. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 36, 809-848.
14. Nouwen, A., Freeston, M. H., Cournoyer, I., Deschesnes, F., & Boulet, L.-P. (1994). Perceived symptoms and discomfort during induced bronchospasm: The role of temporal adaptation and anxiety. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 32, 623-628.
15. Patrick, C. J., Curtin, J. J., & Tellegen, A. (2002). Development and validation of a brief form of the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire. Psychological Assessment, 14, 150-163.
16. Peiffer, C., Marsac, J., & Lockhart, A. (1989). Chronobiological study of the relationship between dyspnoea and airway obstruction in symptomatic asthmatic subjects. Clinical Science (Colch), 77, 237-244.
17. Pennebaker, J. W. (1982). The psychology of physical symptoms. New York: Springer-Verlag.
18. Pennebaker, J. W. (2000). Psychological factors influencing the reporting of physical symptoms. In A. A. Stone, J. S. Turkkan, C. A. Bachrach, J. B. Jobe, H. S. Kurtzman, & V. S. Cain (Eds), The science of self-report. Implications for research and practice (pp. 299-315). London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
19. Put, C. (2001). Unpublished doctoral dissertation. In Symptom perception in asthma. Medicine meets psychology. Belgium: University of Leuven.
20. Put, C., Van den Bergh, O., Demedts, M., & Verleden, G. (2000). A study of the relationship among self-reported noncompliance, symptomatology, and psychological variables in patients with asthma. Journal of Asthma, 37, 503-510.
21. Put, C., Demedts, M., Van den Bergh, O., Demyttenaere, K., & Verleden, G. (1999). Asthma symptoms: Influence of personality versus clinical status. European Respiratory Journal, 13, 751-756.
22. Quanjer, P. H., Tammeling, G. J., Cotes, J. E., Pedersen, O. F., Peslin, R., & Yernault, J. C. (1993). Lung volumes and forced ventilatory flows. Report Working Party Standardization of Lung Function Tests, European Community for Steel and Coal. Official Statement of the European Respiratory Society. European Respiratory Journal, 6, 5-40.
23. Rietveld, S., & Brosschot, J. F. (1999). Current perspectives on symptom perception in asthma: A biomedical and psychological review. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 6, 120-134.
24. Rietveld, S., & Houtveen, J. H. (2004). Acquired sensitivity to relevant physiological activity in patients with chronic health problems. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 42, 137-153.
25. Rietveld, S., & Prins, P. J. M. (1998). Children's perception of physical symptoms. The example of asthma. Advances in Clinical Child Psychology, 20, 153-182.
26. Ritz, T., Bobb, C., Edwards, M., & Steptoe, A. (2001). The structure of a symptom report in asthma: A reevaluation. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 51, 639-645.
27. Ritz, T., Dahme, B., DuBois, A. B., Folgering, H., Fritz, G. K., Harver, A., et al. (2002). Guidelines for mechanical lung function measurements in psychophysiology. Psychophysiology, 39, 546-567.
28. 2 enriched air inhalation: The role of interpretative processes. Psychology and Health, 15, 1-13.
29. Stegen, K., Neujens, A., Crombez, G., Hermans, D., Van de Woestijne, K. P., & Van den Bergh, O. (1998). Negative affect, respiratory reactivity, and somatic complaints in a C02 enriched air inhalation paradigm. Biological Psychology, 49, 109-122.
30. Takano, N., Inaishi, S., & Zhang, Y. Z. (1997). Individual differences in breathlessness during exercise, as related to ventilatory chemosensitivities in humans. Journal of Physiology (London), 499, 843-848.
31. Turcotte, H., & Boulet, L.-P. (1993). Perception of breathlessness during early and late asthmatic responses. American Review of Respiratory Disease, 148, 514-518.
32. Watson, D. (1988). Intraindividual and interindividual analyses of positive and negative affect: Their relation to health complaints, perceived stress, and daily life activities. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 54, 1020-1030.
33. Watson, D., & Clark, L. A. (1984). Negative Affectivity: The disposition to experience aversive emotional states. Psychological Bulletin, 96, 465-490.