Dependency of illness evaluation on the social comparison context: Findings with implicit measures of affective evaluation of asthma

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 401-416

  Petersen, Sibylle ^a   Ritz, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REACTION TIME; SELF CARE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; ASTHMA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; SELF CARE; SICK ROLE; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951574503     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910709X466676     Document Type: Article

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