Chapter 15 Lay representations of illness

Question 1

• Leventhal et al.
• derived from their work on the impact of fear communication
• irrespective of the level of fear, the message conveyed was effective if it produced a place of action
• suggests that when faced with a threat the person forms a cognitive and emotional representation of that threat

Answer 1

Dual processing model

Question 2

1. Identify
2. Consequence
3. Causes
4. Time line
5. Cure/control

Answer 2

Common Sense Model of Illness

Question 3

people attempt to provide a causal explanation for events in their world particularly if events unexpected

Answer 3

Attribution theory

Question 4

Causes of disease

4 Factors

Answer 4

Stress
Environment
Health-related
Behaviour

Question 5

approach argues that a human characteristic is a tendency towards self-reflection

Answer 5

Interpretative phenomenological analysis

Question 6

people generate stories about illness experiences according to?
-enables the person to grasp its meaning and exert some control over it

Answer 6

Narrative psychology

Question 7

focus on this approach is on what the discourse is doing

Answer 7

Discursive psychology

Question 8

more critical form focuses on particular discursive resources available and implications for those who live there

Answer 8

Foucauldian discourse analysis

Question 9

three lay reactions to illness

Answer 9

illness as destructive
illness as liberator
illness as an occupation