Illness Perception Questionnaire - Revised.
IPQ-R
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)
- 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.
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