title: A common-sense model of injury perceptions.
abstract: The aim of this study was to clarify the difference between perceptions of injury and illness. A qualitative study using semi-structured interviews was conducted with 38 individuals who had been injured in the past, 8 medical psychologists, 62 graduate psychology students, and 19 health professionals treating injured patients. Data were analyzed by modified analytic induction and constant comparison methods. Common-sense perceptions of injury overlapped with some perceptions of illness, and 4 new themes were elicited. It was concluded that there are themes unique to injury perceptions that should be recognized in research as well as in clinical interventions.
authors.affiliation: Tel Aviv University, Israel shoshi@freud.tau.ac.il.
authors.forename: Shoshana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shiloh
authors.affiliation: Tel Aviv University, Israel Tel Aviv-Yaffo Academic College, Israel.
authors.forename: Irit
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Heruti
authors.affiliation: Tel Aviv University, Israel.
authors.forename: Ronit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leichtentritt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D036301:Qualitative Research; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: beliefs; disability; health psychology; model; phenomenology; qualitative methods