Peculiarities of attitude to the Disease in adulthood
Year
2021
Volume 22
Issue 1
Pages
111-134
Authors
Anna Hilman , Oksana Matlasevych , Natalia Kulesha , Eduard Balashov
Abstract
The article deals with the problems of cognitive and behavioral mature persons’ attitude to their own health and disease (typical
patterns of behavior of the persons in the state of disease, their irrational negative judgments and pathogenic thinking about their
health). The results of empirical research concerning the attitude of mature persons to the disease are presented, in particular: the
diagnosis of pathogenic thinking has been carried out, features of the attitude towards their own symptoms are highlighted,
the incidence of the disease and psychosomatic complaints of respondents have been revealed, the frequency of referrals for a
specialist (doctor), peculiarities of caring about their own health and peculiarities of behavior in a state of disease are determined,
the basic types of attitudes of the mature age persons to the disease are elucidated etc. The authors have found that persons of mature
age mostly listen to their own bodies and observable complaints, however, they are prone to self-treatment. It has been defined
that most mature persons do not trust the proper training of a specialist of helping professions, including a modern physician.
The correlation of the indicators of empirical research of attitude to the disease according to the type of response has been analyzed.
A comparative analysis of indicators of the types of attitude to disease (Rivne and Vinnytsia regions), the correlation of empirical
indicators of attitude to disease according to the type of reacting, thinking and psychosomatic complaints has been executed.
According to the results of the study two groups of risk are identified: individuals with an intrapsychic orientation of personal
response to the disease and persons with a sensitized attitude to the illness. It has been found out that in the state of disease, persons
of a mature age produce a set of adaptive techniques mostly compensatory. The authors have empirically evaluated that among
the strategies of psychological response and their typical patterns of behavior in the state of the disease, respondents have been
characterized by denial, ignoring the disease; neurotic medication; accusing oneself of being ill, a prolonged depressed state; typical
evaluative negative judgments and pronounced psychosomatic complaints.
The article deals with the problems of cognitive and behavioral mature persons’ attitude to their own health and disease (typical
patterns of behavior of the persons in the state of disease, their irrational negative judgments and pathogenic thinking about their
health). The results of empirical research concerning the attitude of mature persons to the disease are presented, in particular: the
diagnosis of pathogenic thinking has been carried out, features of the attitude towards their own symptoms are highlighted,
the incidence of the disease and psychosomatic complaints of respondents have been revealed, the frequency of referrals for a
specialist (doctor), peculiarities of caring about their own health and peculiarities of behavior in a state of disease are determined,
the basic types of attitudes of the mature age persons to the disease are elucidated etc. The authors have found that persons of mature
age mostly listen to their own bodies and observable complaints, however, they are prone to self-treatment. It has been defined
that most mature persons do not trust the proper training of a specialist of helping professions, including a modern physician.
The correlation of the indicators of empirical research of attitude to the disease according to the type of response has been analyzed.
A comparative analysis of indicators of the types of attitude to disease (Rivne and Vinnytsia regions), the correlation of empirical
indicators of attitude to disease according to the type of reacting, thinking and psychosomatic complaints has been executed.
According to the results of the study two groups of risk are identified: individuals with an intrapsychic orientation of personal
response to the disease and persons with a sensitized attitude to the illness. It has been found out that in the state of disease, persons
of a mature age produce a set of adaptive techniques mostly compensatory. The authors have empirically evaluated that among
the strategies of psychological response and their typical patterns of behavior in the state of the disease, respondents have been
characterized by denial, ignoring the disease; neurotic medication; accusing oneself of being ill, a prolonged depressed state; typical
evaluative negative judgments and pronounced psychosomatic complaints.