The relationship between willingness to adopt the sick role and attitudes toward women

摘要: Abstract A number of papers in the literature have suggested a possible relationship between delay seeking medical treatment and motivation for autonomous functioning. The explanation generally rests on two related points: (1) Those feeling most secure about their body may be less threatened by symptoms longer; (2) need autonomy independence longer because an unwillingness to assume role patient with its associated passive-dependency. present study supports idea desire finding significant correlations woman's sex attitudes her predictions herself over variety symptoms. more liberal woman was views, delays she predicted herself. More women also described physicians negative terms essay last physical examination. Parallel findings were revealed series semantic differential ratings which showed that tended perceive hospitals terms. Hospitals greater inactivity women.