A Method for Observing Symptoms and Attitudes

Abstract

A method is described for obtaining information about subjective symptoms and attitudes towards them. It was developed, for epidemiological purposes, from a procedure used by Shapiro in his personal questionnaire technique. Subjects are required to choose between pairs of statements representing different degrees of severity of each symptom. The new method can be used with any number of statements when the statements are ranked according to severity but their scale values are unknown. Scales have been devised for assessing five symptoms and attitudes of sympathy towards others who have the same symptoms. Preliminary results with sixty‐six individuals show that the scales are satisfactory as regards consistency of response patterns and discriminatory power. They can be used for epidemiological studies.

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