APS
APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020
Subjective Value: A New Approach to Quantifying Health Symptoms
- 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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