Causal Attribution and Illness Perception: A Cross-Sectional Study in Mexican Patients with Psychosis
Author
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-12-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Health psychology researchers have begun to focus greater attention on people’s beliefs about health/illness since these beliefs can clearly affect behavior.
This cross-sectional study aimed at (1) identifying the most common factors psychotic patients attribute their illness to and (2) assessing the association between causal attribution and illness perception (cognitive, emotional, and comprehensibility dimensions).
Sixty-two patients (56.5% females) who had been treated for psychosis at a public psychiatric hospital in Mexico answered the Angermeyer and Klusmann Illness Attribution Scale and the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire.
Results showed that most patients attributed psychosis onset to social factors and that attribution to their personality might have an overwhelmingly negative effect on their lives.
Acknowledging psychotic patient attributional beliefs and considering them in clinical practice could improve treatment efficacy and overall recovery success.
This is particularly important in psychosis, since symptoms are often severe and/or persistent and require long-term treatment.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Gómez-de-Regil, Lizzette. 2014. Causal Attribution and Illness Perception: A Cross-Sectional Study in Mexican Patients with Psychosis. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1051806
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gómez-de-Regil, Lizzette. Causal Attribution and Illness Perception: A Cross-Sectional Study in Mexican Patients with Psychosis. The Scientific World Journal No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1051806
American Medical Association (AMA)
Gómez-de-Regil, Lizzette. Causal Attribution and Illness Perception: A Cross-Sectional Study in Mexican Patients with Psychosis. The Scientific World Journal. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1051806
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1051806