The influence of symptom attributional style and beliefs about viruses on the reporting of symptoms during and after infection
dc.contributor.author
Banis, Jan
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2018-01-31T11:16:56Z
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2018-01-31T11:16:56Z
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1999
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Previous research has found that attributional style and beliefs people have about
viruses can be related to symptom reporting and presentation. Especially in the area
of chronic fatigue it has been shown repeatedly that patients' attribution of their
illness is related to a worse outcome. This study investigates the influence of
symptom attributional style and beliefs about the power of viruses on symptom
reporting in people who think they suffer from influenza, using the Symptom
Interpretation Questionnaire (SIQ) and the Viral Infection Research into Attitudes
Scale (VIRAS). A visual analogue scale was used to measure the number and
severity of physical and psychological symptoms of influenza. A follow-up was
carried out to measure levels of fatigue after illness, using the Fatigue Scale. Results
are presented and discussed, and conclusions are drawn.
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http://hdl.handle.net/1842/26217
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The University of Edinburgh
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Annexe Thesis Digitisation Project 2017 Block 15
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dc.title
The influence of symptom attributional style and beliefs about viruses on the reporting of symptoms during and after infection
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Thesis or Dissertation
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dc.type.qualificationlevel
Doctoral
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dc.type.qualificationname
DClinPsychol Doctor of Clinical Psychology
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