Illness Perception Questionnaire - Revised.

IPQ-R

What it measures

Cognitive and emotional representations of illness (Leventhal self-regulatory model): identity, timeline (acute/chronic), timeline cyclical, consequences, personal control, treatment control, illness coherence, emotional representations, plus causal beliefs

Length and format

~70-80 (identity symptom list + ~38 attribute items + 18 causal items). 5-point Likert (strongly disagree to strongly agree) + yes/no symptom identity list (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Many languages (validated across numerous conditions and countries)

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Moss-Morris, R., Weinman, J., Petrie, K. J., Horne, R., Cameron, L. D., & Buick, D. (2002). The Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R). Psychology & Health, 17(1), 1-16.