This study was concerned with lay beliefs about the importance of 24 different contributors towards overcoming five @entity6004 . In this study, subjects (n = 113) completed a questionnaire indicating how effective 24 factors were to overcoming five specific problems: social @entity913 , @entity4697 , @entity3119 , generalized @entity148 and @entity1005 . Factor analysis revealed almost identical clusters for each problem, and a factor structure very close to Furnham and McDermott (1994). Three factors emerged and were labeled self-reliance, seeking help, and external control. The perceived relevance of only seeking help differed significantly between problems, with seeking help rated as most important and self-reliance least important overall. Some individual difference factors (sex and religion) were found to predict certain factor attributions for specific disorders. @entity1005 was considered most in need of help and @entity4697 least. Females believed more in seeking help than males, who stressed external control more than females. Religious respondents rated external control more highly than nonreligious respondents. The clinical relevance of studying attributions for cure is also considered.

Overcoming XXXX : lay attributions of cure for five specific @entity6004 .

@entity4697 :: ('MESH:D016584', 'Disease') :: ['social phobia/panic disorder', 'panic disorder'] @entity913 :: ('MESH:D010698', 'Disease') :: ['phobia'] @entity6004 :: ('MESH:D009497', 'Disease') :: ['neurotic disorders'] @entity1005 :: ('MESH:D013313', 'Disease') :: ['Post-traumatic stress disorder', 'post-traumatic stress disorder'] @entity148 :: ('MESH:D001008', 'Disease') :: ['anxiety'] @entity3119 :: ('MESH:D009771', 'Disease') :: ['obsessive compulsive disorder']
@entity6004 :: (MESH:D009497,Disease) :: ['neuroses']
