ILLNESS BEHAVIOR CONCEPT ANALYSIS: AN APPROACH TO PSYCHOSOCIAL UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN GETTING ILL

Authors

  • Antonio Galán Rodríguez
  • Alfonso Blanco Picabia
  • Mari Ángeles Pérez San Gregorio
Keywords: illness behaviour, sick role, abnormal illness behavior, health

Abstract

Illness Behavior concept has let successful approaches to psychosocial understanding of human getting ill but nowadays it is used in a vague and confused way. We have carried out a historial review of this concept, paying specially attention to the ways it has been used. We have also analyzed its conceptual crisis situation and presented the need of delimiting clearly the dimensions that configure it.

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Author Biographies

Antonio Galán Rodríguez

Universidad de Sevilla

Alfonso Blanco Picabia

Universidad de Sevilla

Mari Ángeles Pérez San Gregorio

Universidad de Sevilla
How to Cite
Galán Rodríguez, A., Blanco Picabia, A., & Pérez San Gregorio, M. Ángeles. (2000). ILLNESS BEHAVIOR CONCEPT ANALYSIS: AN APPROACH TO PSYCHOSOCIAL UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN GETTING ILL. Anales de Psicología / Annals of Psychology, 16(2), 157–166. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/analesps/article/view/29311
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Clinical and Health Psychology

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