The measurement of abnormal illness behavior: Toward a new research agenda for the Illness Behavior Questionnaire

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-253

  Prior, Kirsty N ^a   Bond, Malcolm J ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abnormal illness behavior; Illness Behaviour Questionnaire; Review

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONVERSION DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERVIEW; MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOMATIZATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK ROLE;

EID: 39049129659     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2007.10.013     Document Type: Review

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