The dynamics of illness perceptions: Testing assumptions of Leventhal's common-sense model in a pulmonary rehabilitation setting

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 887-903

  Fischer, Maarten ^a   Scharloo, Margreet ^a   Abbink, Jannie ^b   Van't Hul, Alex ^c   Van Ranst, Dirk ^c   Rudolphus, Arjan ^d   Weinman, John ^e   Rabe, Klaus ^a   Kaptein, Ad A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Rijnlands Rehabilitation Center   (Netherlands)

^c Rehabilitation Centre Breda   (Netherlands)

^d Sint Franciscus Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 77958575181     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910710X492693     Document Type: Article

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