Illness and symptom perception: A theoretical approach towards an integrative measurement model

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 428-439

  Petersen, Sibylle ^a   van den Berg, Robert A ^a   Janssens, Thomas ^a   Van den Bergh, Omer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Comparison; Illness representation; Law of comparative judgments; Self concept; Symptom perception

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 79952245261     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2010.11.002     Document Type: Review

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