[Relation of health threats to other threats in everyday life. Studies performed among students of the faculties of medicine and psychology].
Threat is a colloquial term referring to one of the basic experiences present in almost each area of life. Our attention focused on the examination of the contents as well as mutual relations among recognised threats, health ones in particular in the study group. In order to carry out the study a special Questionnaire of Threat Perception was prepared. Questions concentrated on the existence of threat, possibilities of its prediction, severity of threats, knowledge of effective methods of prevention. They also refer to actions which should be undertaken against those threats. Study group included 81 female students of medicine and psychology. Analysis of results shows that a number of health threats is relatively fewer in comparison to other types of threats that is 15%. Statistically significant differences between recognition of health threats as well as other threats refer to the four dimensions: 1. Possibility of occurrence during the year: here health threats are assessed as less probable within the year. 2. Possibility of prediction: health threats are recognised as less predictable than other threats. 3. Possibility of affecting the course and result of threat is assessed significantly lower for health threats. 4. In the category of health threats the subjects significantly more frequently answered that those threats are entirely random and less frequently that the threat is possible to predict.
Gorczyca
Piotr W
PW
Katedry i Oddziału Klinicznego Psychiatrii w Tarnowskich Górach. gorasp@juni.gliwice.pl
Adamiec
Marek
M
Leksowski
Wiesław
W
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology