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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Illness Representations"”.
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Illness Representations of Breast Cancer among Hispanics
… is limited. The current study investigated illness representations of cancer and their determinants among Hispanic men and women (N = 120) using a cross - sectional survey approach. The study sample was comprised of predominantly first generation, employed Hispanic women in their early - …
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An exploration of illness representations in older age
… review exploring the literature in relation to illness representations and older people living with health conditions. A systematic search of three databases identified ten studies in the area. The findings of the studies are analysed using a qualitative method to identify what has been examined …
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Illness representations, coping and psychosocial outcome in chronic pain
… pertaining to the idea that beliefs about illness and coping strategies affect psychosocial outcome in chronic pain. The review considers the role of cognitive factors in self-regulating illness using the Common-Sense Model of Illness Representations (CSM). An evaluation of this model as it …
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Ethnic differences in illness representations, coping and adjustment in people with coronary heart disease
… studies examining ethnic differences in people's illness representations. The aim of this research was to explore the relationship between ethnicity and illness representations, coping, perceived health status and psychological adjustment in participants with coronary heart disease …
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The role of illness representations in the process of coping and psychosocial adjustment among adults with epilepsy
… Steele, 1984) emphasises the role of cognitive representations of illness and coping efforts on patients responses to health threats. In this thesis the relationships between illness representations, coping and psychosocial adjustment were investigated among 94 epilepsy patients. The sample …
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The role of motivation, self-efficacy, illness representations and family responsibility in relation to diabetes outcomes: perceptions of adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes and their parents.
… Ryan, 2000), self-efficacy (Bandura, 1997), and illness representations (Leventhal, et al. 1984), were examined in relation to dietary self-care, metabolic control (HbA1c levels) and diabetes related distress in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). To bring the cognitive theories …
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Children's representations of asthma : developmental changes and influences on knowledge, asthma control, management and perceptions of quality of life
… was used to explore the content of children's illness representations of their asthma and the influence of these representations on knowledge, asthma management , asthma control and perceived quality of life. A sample of 41 asthmatic children and their parents were recruited from GP practices. …
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Psychosocial factors associated with self-management and well-being in childhood chronic illness
… The literature review explores the link between illness representations and self-management in children and young people with chronic illness. Fourteen published empirical studies were identified for the review. A risk of bias assessment was completed for each study. Consistencies and differences …
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Thought Suppression Change in Cancer Patients and Survivors After Writing
… and psychologically straining features. The illness perception theory states that individuals form illness representations to make sense of health threats and illness. These representations contain a number of individual, specific attributes about the illness identity, and cause, time-line, …
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Using the common-sense model of self-regulation to explore the factors associated with intentional non-adherence to preventer medication for asthma
… medication for asthma and to examine the illness representations and treatment beliefs associated with these measures. Accordingly, 1,936 U.K. General Practice patients who were using preventer medication for asthma completed a questionnaire assessing illness and medication perceptions and …
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The role of information in the reduction of clinically inappropriate expectations of antibiotics
… is to provide insight into how information about illnesses and antibiotics affects inappropriate expectations for antibiotics. The studies reported in this thesis examine how information affects individuals’ expectations for antibiotics alongside illness representations and prior beliefs (Studies …
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Exploring and Changing Cognitive Representations, Coping and Quality Of Life Outcomes in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria
… factor that has gained credence is ones illness representations. The Common-Sense Model (Leventhal, Meyer and Nerenz, 1980) postulates that these guide coping procedures that impact outcomes. The aim of the thesis was to examine whether CU representations (mediated by coping) predicted …
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Representations of illness: patient satisfaction, adherence and coping
… recommendations and coping with chronic illness. It highlights omissions in the literature which are addressed by the current research. Chapter 3 provides a systematic description of people's representations of 37 different illnesses and examines the basis on which these illnesses are …
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Quality of life and illness perception in stroke patients : a 12 month study
… This research examines the quality of life and illness perceptions in stroke patients in a longitudinal, multi- centred study. 203 stroke patients from Belfast and Dublin hospitals were recruited and assessed on admission for stroke. Patients will be cognitively capable of participation. …
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Understanding the hidden experience of head and neck cancer patients: a qualitative exploration of beliefs and mental images
Patients’ beliefs about their illness are known to influence their experiences of illness, its psychological impact, their health behaviours, and overall health outcomes. Research into illness beliefs has typically involved written or oral methods, yet recent studies have suggested that patients’ …
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Subjektive Krankheitskonzepte adipöser Kinder : ihre Erfassung und ihr Einfluss auf den kindlichen Regulationsprozess
… beschreibt, ist das Common Sense Model of Illness Representation (CSM) von Howard Leventhal. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war es die subjektiven Krankheitskonzepte adipöser Kinder zu erfassen und ihren Einfluss auf den Regulationsprozess zu analysieren. In einer ersten Untersuchung wurde …
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Elements of ritual, myth, and subversion in works of Graphic Medicine
… experienced differently and are controlled in illness, disability, and medical treatment. The unique contribution to knowledge offered by this project lies in its consideration of the ideological struggles inherent in ritual, monomyth, and quest to cut through what has until now been a largely …