Becoming ill - illness cognitions and coping Flashcards
WHO, 1948 (health definition)
Being healthy - a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity
Blaxter, 1990
Health as
- not being ill
- physical fitness and energy
- social relationships
- psychological well being
Illness cognitions
Leventhal and colleagues
5 groups of illness cognitions
Lau
- identity
- perceived cause
- time line
- consequences
- curability/controllability
Illness cognitions = too simple
Anderson, 2009
SRM
Leventhal and Nerenz 1985
SRM doesn’t explain coping well - Can’t be applied
Reynolds 2003
Coping with the crisis of illness
Moos and Schaefer, 1984
Cognitive adaptation theory
Taylor, 1984
Post traumatic growth and benefit finding - personal resources act as a precursor to positive meaning making
Hemsworth et al, 2014
Illness and traumatic life events = catalysts for positive life change
Blackie, 2014
Current research has failed to show how people grow from trauma
Blackie 2014
Silver Linings Questionnaire
Sodergren 2002
meaning-making must be effortful to better facilitate positive change
Barrington and Finch 2012
SRM can be applied but needs increased focus on centralisation of regulatory control processes
Clark, 2016
