Healthy Living: Becker

Question 0

Aim

Answer 0

To use the health belief model to explain mother’s adherance to drug regime for their asthmatic children.

Question 1

Becker 1978 (name of study…)

Answer 1

Compliance with Medical Regime for Asthma

Question 2

Methods:

Answer 2

Self report
Clinical test
Correlation

Question 3

Describe the self-report method used in the procedure..

Answer 3

Each mother interviewed and asked questions regarding their perceptions of:
Child’s susceptibility to illness
Beliefs about seriousness of asthma
How much asthma has interfered with child’s education, mother’s activities and caused embarrassment.

Question 4

Participants

Answer 4

111 mothers aged 17-54

Children aged 9 months- 17 years

Question 5

Results: correlations

Answer 5

Positive:

• Mother’s belief about child’s susceptibility to asthma and their compliance to regime
• Seriousness of asthma and compliance

Negative:
- Compliance and disruption of daily routines

Question 6

Results: two demographic factors that correlated with compliance…

Answer 6

Marriage

Education

Question 7

Conclusions

Answer 7

HBM is a useful model to predict and explain different levels of compliance with medical regimes.

Question 8

Assess validity

Answer 8

Low validity:

Socially desirable answers in self-report- untruthful

Question 9

Assess ethics

Answer 9

Issues of deception
Psychological issues: blood samples taken
Invasion of privacy: blood samples taken

Question 10

Qualitative or quantitative data?

Answer 10

Both were collected

Question 11

Usefulness?

Answer 11

Useful as results could be used to address problems as to why some people do not adhere to medical regimes.

Question 12

Psychology as a science

Answer 12

Yes- blood samples taken- scientific findings/ results to improve validity
No- self report- unreliable and potentially invalid