SAFER ET AL (1979) conclusions, strengths, weakness, issues

Question 1

What was the conclusion of the study?

Answer 1

Safer et al found that
1. Sensory factors
2. Appraisal strategies
3. Sociodemographic factors
4. Situational factors
5. Conceptual factors
Were all signficantly correlated with total delay

SSSAC

Question 2

What factors are signficantly correlated with total delay?

Answer 2

1. Sensory factors
2. Appraisal strategies
3. Sociodemographic factors
4. Situational factors
5. Conceptual factors

Question 3

Name 1 strength of the study

Answer 3

• RWA: The research helps inform DRS/organisations why patients may delay seeking treatment.
• This could help in creating strategies to combat this.

Question 4

Name 1 weakness of the study

Answer 4

• Subjectivity: Self reports were used which can be low in validity due to its subjective nature.
• SR may produce social desirability bias as patients may not want to seem incompetemt, lazy or judged due to delays in seeking treatment.
• Thus providing inaccurate results= lowering validity

Question 5

Issues and debates

Answer 5

• Ethics: Asking people personal questions about their illnesses raises confidentiality/ privacy issues (intrustive)

Question 6

Name 1 strength and 1 weakness of the study

Answer 6

• STRENGTH= RWA
• WEAKNESS= SUBJECTIVITY