On the Perceived Meaning of Symptoms

Jones, R.; Wiese, Heike; Moore, Robert W.; Haley, John V.

doi:10.1097/00005650-198107000-00002

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“…It has been argued that many people who might have an eating disorder do not seek treatment for it (Fairburn, 1983;Halmi, Fak, & Schwartz, 1981;Huon, 1985) and that "the meaning of the specific symptom as perceived by the respondent is a key variable" (Banks & Keller, 1971 : 502;Jones, Weise, Moore, & Haley, 1981) in any decision to seek help. Our findings show a broader …”

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confidence: 99%

Lay beliefs about disordered eating

Huon

Brown

Morris³

1988

Int. J. Eat. Disord.

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Although “disordered eating,” as a set of psychiatric conditions, implicitly evaluates components of a social phenomenon, little attention has been paid to the boundaries between socially accepted and abnormal eating. Lay knowledge and evaluations of the formal criteria for a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa or bulimia were therefore examined. The results show that although males and females know more about anorexia nervosa than bulimia, the DSM‐III criteria for anorexia nervosa, which involve the determined pursuit of slimness and a body image disturbance, were judged by very few people to be both uncommon and abnormal. Bulimia, however, seems to be much closer to what is commonly judged to involve unusual behavior.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lay beliefs about disordered eating

Huon

Brown

Morris³

1988

Int. J. Eat. Disord.

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“…The symptoms selected were the six most severe and the six mildest rated symptoms from an undergraduate sample [30]. These ratings were summed to develop a Symptom Seven0 Scale (alpha = 0.97) with a range of 0 to 288 and a high score indicating a tendency to interpret symptoms as severe and in need of urgent professional care.…”

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The Medical Context of Hypochondriacal Traits

Mabe

Riley

Jones³

et al. 1996

Int J Psychiatry Med

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“…Their findings indicated that persons with previous experience with symptoms expressed less concern and were less likely to seek medical attention. Jones, Wiese, Moore, and Haley (1981) found three underlying factors related to the perceived meaning attached to 45 symptoms: (1) the extent to which the symptoms were perceived as threatening, disruptive, or painful; (2) familiarity of the symptoms and the perceived personal responsibility for their occurrence; and (3) how embarrassing the symptoms were.…”

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Symptoms and Self-Care in Old Age

1986

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Self-care has recently come to be recognized as the predominant form of response to illness among the general population, but little is known regarding beliefs and practices of the aged. In this study, beliefs regarding the appropriate response to 53 common symptoms were investigated and contrasted to actual responses. Various forms of self-care were seen as appropriate responses to symptoms ranging from minor to potentially serious. Preference for self-care responses appears to be related to perceived severity of symptoms and the perceived effectiveness of available self-care responses.

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On the Perceived Meaning of Symptoms

Cited by 52 publications

References 14 publications

Lay beliefs about disordered eating

Lay beliefs about disordered eating

The Medical Context of Hypochondriacal Traits

Symptoms and Self-Care in Old Age

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