Causal Attribution and Illness Perception: A Cross-Sectional Study in Mexican Patients with Psychosis
Health psychology researchers have begun to focus greater attention on people’s beliefs about health/illness since these beliefs can clearly affect behavior. This cross-sectional study aimed at (1) identifying the most common factors psychotic patients attribute their illness to and (2) assessing th...
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| description | Health psychology researchers have begun to focus greater attention on people’s beliefs about health/illness since these beliefs can clearly affect behavior. This cross-sectional study aimed at (1) identifying the most common factors psychotic patients attribute their illness to and (2) assessing the association between causal attribution and illness perception (cognitive, emotional, and comprehensibility dimensions). Sixty-two patients (56.5% females) who had been treated for psychosis at a public psychiatric hospital in Mexico answered the Angermeyer and Klusmann Illness Attribution Scale and the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire. Results showed that most patients attributed psychosis onset to social factors and that attribution to their personality might have an overwhelmingly negative effect on their lives. Acknowledging psychotic patient attributional beliefs and considering them in clinical practice could improve treatment efficacy and overall recovery success. This is particularly important in psychosis, since symptoms are often severe and/or persistent and require long-term treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e08347dcb12749f8882b2242b5ea14a02025-08-20T03:06:06ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal2356-61401537-744X2014-01-01201410.1155/2014/969867969867Causal Attribution and Illness Perception: A Cross-Sectional Study in Mexican Patients with PsychosisLizzette Gómez-de-Regil0Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de la Península de Yucatán (HRAEPY), Calle 7, No. 433, por 20 y 22, Fraccionamiento Altabrisa, 97130 Merida, YUC, MexicoHealth psychology researchers have begun to focus greater attention on people’s beliefs about health/illness since these beliefs can clearly affect behavior. This cross-sectional study aimed at (1) identifying the most common factors psychotic patients attribute their illness to and (2) assessing the association between causal attribution and illness perception (cognitive, emotional, and comprehensibility dimensions). Sixty-two patients (56.5% females) who had been treated for psychosis at a public psychiatric hospital in Mexico answered the Angermeyer and Klusmann Illness Attribution Scale and the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire. Results showed that most patients attributed psychosis onset to social factors and that attribution to their personality might have an overwhelmingly negative effect on their lives. Acknowledging psychotic patient attributional beliefs and considering them in clinical practice could improve treatment efficacy and overall recovery success. This is particularly important in psychosis, since symptoms are often severe and/or persistent and require long-term treatment.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/969867 |
| spellingShingle | Lizzette Gómez-de-Regil Causal Attribution and Illness Perception: A Cross-Sectional Study in Mexican Patients with Psychosis The Scientific World Journal |
| title | Causal Attribution and Illness Perception: A Cross-Sectional Study in Mexican Patients with Psychosis |
| title_full | Causal Attribution and Illness Perception: A Cross-Sectional Study in Mexican Patients with Psychosis |
| title_fullStr | Causal Attribution and Illness Perception: A Cross-Sectional Study in Mexican Patients with Psychosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Causal Attribution and Illness Perception: A Cross-Sectional Study in Mexican Patients with Psychosis |
| title_short | Causal Attribution and Illness Perception: A Cross-Sectional Study in Mexican Patients with Psychosis |
| title_sort | causal attribution and illness perception a cross sectional study in mexican patients with psychosis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/969867 |
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