The illness attitude scales: A clinimetric index for assessing hypochondriacal fears and beliefs

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 337-350

  Sirri, Laura ^a   Grandi, Silvana ^a   Fava, Giovanni A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinimetrics; Diagnostic criteria for psychosomatic research; Disease phobia; Health anxiety; Hypochondriasis; Illness attitude scales; Psychosocial index; Thanatophobia

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; FEAR; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; ILLNESS ATTITUDE SCALE; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 49149099310     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000151387     Document Type: Review

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