Illness perceptions, illness-related problems, subjective health and the role of perceived primal threat: Preliminary findings

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1021-1029

  Karademas, Evangelos C ^a   Bakouli, Argyro ^a   Bastounis, Anastasios ^a   Kallergi, Fani ^a   Tamtami, Panagiota ^a   Theofilou, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Illness perceptions; Perceived primal threat; Subjective health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF ILLNESS PERCEPTION QUESTIONNAIRE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IDENTITY; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT MOBILITY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; THREAT; WELLBEING;

BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 54949127195     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105308097967     Document Type: Article

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