Illness Attitude Scales.
IAS
Hypochondriacal attitudes, fears and beliefs and abnormal illness behaviour; 9 subscales (e.g. worry about illness, concerns about pain, health habits, hypochondriacal beliefs, thanatophobia, disease phobia, bodily preoccupation, treatment experience, effects of symptoms)
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- 29 (27-29 scored across the 9 subscales depending on version). 5-point frequency (no-most of the time); subscale + total sums; higher = more illness-related concern (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Several languages incl. ES, DE, IT, SV, NL, FA
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Kellner, R. (1987). Abridged manual of the Illness Attitude Scales. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, Department of Psychiatry.
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