PSYC 3170 Lecture Notes - Stress Management, Malingering, Occupational Segregation
Document Summary
Recognition and interpretation of symptoms people have some awareness of what is going on inside them, but that may be limited. This limitation leaves a great deal of room for social and psychological factors to operate in the recognition of symptoms and the interpretation of illness. Recognition of a symptom some people fail to recognize, whereas some take to their beds the moment they detect any minor bodily disturbance. Individual difference in personality some people are more likely to notice symptoms than others. Hypochondriacs people who are preoccupied and worried that normal bodily symptoms are indicators of illness. The most frequent symptoms that show up amongst patients who convert their distress into physical symptoms are back pain, joint pain, pain in the extremities, headache, abdominal symptoms such as bloating, allergies and cardio symptoms. Older people report more symptoms and women compared to men.
