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Illness behaviour and psychosocial outcome after a heart attack
Author(s) -
Byrne D. G.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1982.tb00544.x
Subject(s) - psychosocial , distress , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , outcome (game theory) , illness behavior , myocardial infarction , sick role , medline , mathematics , mathematical economics , political science , law
Patterns of illness behaviour evident soon after myocardial infarction (MI) were examined in relation to psychosocial outcome eight months later. Significant associations, largely between illness behaviour reflecting affective distress and aspects of psychosocial outcome, hint at a causal relationship between the two. The importance of this is considered in terms of the clinical management of MI survivors.