Can self-report questionnaires create illness cognitions in middle-aged men?

Health Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 534-538

  Cartwright, Martin ^a   Ogden, Jane ^b   Grunfeld, Elizabeth A ^a   Weinman, John ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Measurement reactivity; Questionnaire context Effects; Survey cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URINARY URGENCY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; HUMANS; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84867597027     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026504     Document Type: Article

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