SYMPTOMS AND ILLNESSES REPRESENTATIONS AMONG LAY PEOPLE:
PRELIMINARY DATA
Abstract
Perceptions of illness may differ with the individual's age
or the time the illness occurs. These differences in perception may also
account for the observed differences in the way the person copes with an
illness episode. It was investigated the perceptions about aging as a
cause of illness and symptoms and perceptions about the effect of age on
seriousness, preventability, curability and controllability of a series of
illness and symptoms. One hundred forty-eight community-dwelling adults
were interviewed for this study. The results showed respondents
expressing the belief that aging is associated with increased susceptibility
to disease and lowered potential for control or cure.
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symptoms of older people: A report on health logs. The Gerontologist, 23, 75-85.
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Apresentado no 36th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of
America. San Francisco, California.
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Apresentado no 37th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerotological Society of
Ameica. San Antonio, Texas.
Folkman, S., & Lazarus, R. (1980). An analysis of coping in a middle-aged community
sample. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 21, 219-239.
Folkman, S., Lazarus, R., Pimley, S., & Novacek, J. (1987). Age differences in stress
and coping processes. Psychology and Aging, 2, 171-184.
Holtzman, J. M., Akiyama, H., & Maxwell, A. (1983). Symptom perception and
response in the elderly. Apresentado no 36th Annual Scientific Meeting of the
Gerontological Society of America. San Francisco, California.
Kart, С. (1981). Experiencing symptoms: Attributions and misattributions of illness
among the aged. Em M. Haug (Org.). Elderly patients and their doctors. New York:
Springer. Pp. 70-78.
Keller, M. L., Leventhal, H., Prohaska, T. R„ & Leventhal, E. A. (1989). Beliefs about
aging and illness in a community sample. Research in Nursing & Health, 12,
247-255.
Kleinman, A. (1980). Patients and healers in the context of culture. Berkeley:
University of California Press.
Leventhal, H. (1970). Findings and theory in the study of fear communications.
Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 3, 119-186.
Leventhal, E. A. (1984). Aging and the perception of illness. Research on Aging, 6,
119-135.
Leventhal, H., Meyer, D., & Nerenz, D. (1980). The common sense representation of
illness danger. Em S. Rachman (Org.). Medical Psychology (vol. 2). New York:
Pergamon Press.
Leventhal, H., Nerenz, D., & Steele, D. (1986). Disease representations and coping
with health threats. Em A. Baum, & J. Singer (Orgs.). Handbook of Psychology
and Health. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum
Leventhal, E. A., Prohaska, T. R., & Leventhai, H. (1983). Aging: illness perceptions
and coping strategies. Em M. G. Ory (Org.). Behavioral geriatrics: Perceptions of
and responses to health and illness. Simpósio realizado durante о 36th Annual
Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. San Francisco,
California.
Linn, M. W., Hunter, K. I., & Linn, B. S. (1980). Self-assessed health, impairment and
dissability in Anglo, Black and Cuban elderly. Medical Care, 3, 282-288.
Maddox, G. L., & Douglas, E. B. (1974). Self-assessment of health. Em E. Palmore
(Org.). Normal Aging II. Durham: Duke University Press. Pp. 55-63.
Pearlin, L., & Schooler, C. (1978). The structure of coping. Journal of Health and
Social Behavior, 19, 2-21.
Pennebaker, J. W. (1982). The psychology of physical symptoms. New York:
Springer.
Prohaska, T. R., Keller, M. L., Leventhal, E. A., & Leventhal, H. (1987). The impact of
symptoms and aging attribution on emotions and coping. Health Psychology, 6,
496-514.
Prohaska, T. R., Leventhal, E. A., Leventhal, H., & Keller, M. L. (1985). Health
practices and illness cognition in young, middle aged, and elderly adults. Journal of
Gerontology, 40, 569-578.
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2012-08-16
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Tróccoli, B. T., Keller, M. L., de Andrade, W. S. G., & Nóbrega, R. C. (2012). SYMPTOMS AND ILLNESSES REPRESENTATIONS AMONG LAY PEOPLE:: PRELIMINARY DATA. Psicologia: Teoria E Pesquisa, 6(3), 281–293. Retrieved from https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/17099
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