According to the common-sense model of self-regulation, individuals form lay
representations of illnesses that guide coping procedures to manage illness threat. We meta …

Diabetes is a chronic illness that places a significant self-management burden on affected
individuals and families. Given the importance of health behaviors—such as medication …

OBJECTIVE: This study evaluates the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (Brief IPQ), a
nine-item scale designed to rapidly assess the cognitive and emotional representations of …

This paper presents a revised version of the Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R), a
recently developed and widely used quantitative measure of the five components of illness …

A meta-analysis of empirical studies (N= 45) adopting Leventhal, Meyer and Nerenz's
(1980) Common Sense Model (CSM) of illness representations is presented. The average …

OBJECTIVE To investigate diabetic patients' perceptions of illness and treatments, and
explore relationships to adherence and blood glucose control. RESEARCH DESIGN AND …

Patients' self‐care behaviours have a major role in diabetes management. Diabetes
education provides the required knowledge, but despite this, self‐care is often suboptimal …

Belief updating is a relatively nascent field of research that examines how people adjust
their beliefs in light of new evidence. So far, belief updating has been investigated in partly …

The goal of this research was to develop and evaluate measures of adolescent diabetes
management self-efficacy and outcome expectations that reflect developmentally relevant …

Diabet. Med. 28, 1300–1310 (2011) Abstract Aims The Illness Perception Questionnaire, the
Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire and the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire …