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Adaptation to changing health : response shift in quality-of-life research /

When health fails or injury occurs, individuals may appraise the meaning of life in ways that differ from those that have served them previously. In fact, the impact of health changes on perceived quality of life is just beginning to be understood. Response shift is a construct that allows researche...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Schwartz, Carolyn E., Sprangers, Mirjam A. G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2000]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Sick > Psychology.
Quality of life.
Health behavior.
Medicine and psychology.
Adaptation, Psychological.
Attitude to Health.
Life Change Events.
Quality of Life.
Research.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • An historical introduction to response shift / Allen Parducci
  • Integrating response shift into health-related quality-of-life research : a theoretical model / Mirjam A.G. Sprangers and Carolyn E. Schwartz
  • Response shift : a coping perspective / T. Anne Richards and Susan Folkman
  • Response shifts in prostate cancer patients : an evaluation of suppressor and buffer models / Stephen J. Lepore and David T. Eton
  • Personal goals and response shifts : understanding the impact of illness and events on the quality of life of people living with AIDS / Bruce D. Rapkin
  • Discussion : theoretical reflections / Carolyn E. Schwartz and Mirjam A.G. Sprangers
  • Methodological approaches for assessing response shift in longitudinal health-related quality-of-life research / Carolyn E. Schwartz and Mirjam A.G. Sprangers
  • Response shift effects on patients' evaluations of health states : sources of artifact / Hilary A. Llewellyn-Thomas and Carolyn E. Schwartz
  • Measuring response shift using the schedule for evaluation of individual quality of life / Ciaran A. O'Boyle, Hannah M. McGee, and John P. Browne
  • Response shift and fatigue : the use of the Thentest approach / Mirjam A.G. Sprangers ... [and others]
  • Discussion : methodological pathways / Mirjam A.G. Sprangers and Carolyn E. Schwartz
  • Clinical understanding and clinical implications of response shift / Ira B. Wilson
  • Helping others helps oneself : response shift effects in peer support / Carolyn E. Schwartz and Meir Sendor
  • Discrepancies between self-reported and observed function : contributions of response shift / Lauren H. Daltroy ... [and others]
  • Associations between health status and utilities : indirect evidence for response shift / Leslie A. Lenert, Jonathan R. Treadwell, and Carolyn E. Schwartz
  • Discussion : implications of response shift for clinical research / Carolyn E. Schwartz and Mirjam A.G. Sprangers.