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Illness Perceptions, Illness-related Problems, Subjective Health and the Role of Perceived Primal Threat

Preliminary Findings

Evangelos C. Karademas

University of Crete, Greece

Argyro Bakouli

University of Crete, Greece

Anastasios Bastounis

University of Crete, Greece

Fani Kallergi

University of Crete, Greece

Panagiota Tamtami

University of Crete, Greece

Maria Theofilou

University of Crete, Greece

Many theories suggest that a threatening situation impacts health because it affects core needs. Our assumption was that a set of interdependent `perceived primal threats' to basic human needs (self-preservation, social integration, personal identity and growth, and positive worldview), which result from the presence of a disease, are related to illness perceptions and subjective health. Participants were 121 chronic medical patients. According to the results, perceived primal threat was strongly associated with illness-related perceptions and problems, as well as perceived psychological and overall self-rated health. Also, perceived primal threat mediated the relationship between illness-related factors and subjective health measures.

Key Words: illness perceptions • perceived primal threat • subjective health

Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 13, No. 8, 1021-1029 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1359105308097967
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