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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Subjective Value: A New Approach to Quantifying Health Symptoms

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · General

  • Allison Thompson
    University of North Carolina Wilmington
  • Gary Page
    The University of North Carolina at Wilmington
  • Amanda Cromley
    University of North Carolina Wilmington
  • Dale Cohen
    The University of North Carolina at Wilmington
  • Len Lecci
    University of North Carolina Wilmington

Abstract

Rosenstock’s Health Belief Model is marked by low effect sizes pertaining to perceptions of symptom severity. Study established personal value distributions for various health symptom probes through magnitude estimation task. Distributions displayed meaningful, intuitive variation in symptom valuation presenting opportunity for increased specificity in describing symptom severity perceptions.

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