Are some more equal than others? Social comparison in self-management skills training for long-term conditions

Chronic Illness

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 305-317

  Rogers, Anne ^a   Gately, Claire ^a   Kennedy, Anne ^a   Sanders, Caroline ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Inequities; Qualitative methods; Self management; Social comparison; Training groups

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF CARE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHING;

EID: 77749298334     PISSN: 17423953     EISSN: 17459206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742395309350384     Document Type: Article

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