Common Sense Models of Illness: Implications for Symptom Perception and Health‐Related Behaviors

Abstract

This chapter contains section titled: Introduction Self-referral Delay: The Layperson as Diagnostician Fundamental Psychological Processes in Symptom Perception The Common Sense Model (CSM) of Health and Illness Behavior The Role of Illness Representations in Common Sense Models of Illness The Role of Affect in Common Sense Models of Illness Social Context and Common Sense Models of Illness The Lay Referral Network Conclusion Authors' Note