Description: This project examines three key factors that are important in understanding individuals’ attitudes towards their health. The three variables that will be considered are: 1) Health locus of control, 2) Value of health, and 3) Attitudes towards doctors and medicine.
You will be required to assess 20 people (10 men and 10 women) on these dimensions and then summarize (descriptively) the results and discuss their implications and significance. To gather the data from your 20 participants you may work in small groups with 3 or 4 colleagues – for example, if you work in groups of 4 people, one person may collect the data from 5 older males, another person from 5 younger males, another from 5 younger females and finally the fourth person from 5 older females. It is important to note that the report itself is your independent work – not a group-based report.
Your report should include a substantial and thorough review of the literature relevant to the variables of health locus of control, attitudes towards medicine, and the value placed on health, and how these may impact on people’s utilization of health services and illness management. To assist in your preliminary research, a number of references are provided below (these are available on the CMD), however you are expected to conduct a substantial literature review in order to supplement these with other relevant references related to current or past research on this topic.
Materials:
1) Health locus of control scale (Wallston, 1978)
2) Value of health scale (Lau, Hartman & Ware, 1986)
3) Attitudes towards doctors and medicine scale (Marteau, 1990)
Procedure: Data will collected from 10 males and 10 females. Half of the participants will be adults under the age of 25 years. The remaining participants will be adults over the age of 45 years. In accordance with ethical procedures, will you need to obtain participants’ consent.
18 to 25 yrs
Over 45 yrs
Females
N = 5
N = 5
Males
N = 5
N = 5
Style: The report should be written in accordance with the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.).
Marking criteria: This assignment is worth 25% of the total marks in PYB307 and will be allocated 25 marks. Marks will be allocated in the following way:
Title and Abstract – 2 marks
Introduction – 6 marks
Method (including relevant appendices) – 3 marks
Results (including relevant appendices) – 5 marks
Discussion – 5 marks
References – 2 marks
General – 2 marks
Guidelines: The report needs to include the following sections:
Title
Is the title self-explanatory and relevant?
Abstract
Has the aim, purpose, relevant theory, participants, method, major findings and main conclusion been described?
Introduction
What is the purpose and aim of this project?
Why is this topic important and relevant?
Why and how are these variables relevant to health service utilization and illness management?
Has relevant previous research been described and critiqued?
Is your literature review current and thorough?
What is the hypothesis / hypotheses?
Method
What was the procedure used to obtain participant’s consent?
Who are the participants? (age, gender)
What procedure did you follow?
What materials did you use? How are the scales scored?
Results
What are the findings? Are graphs or tables needed to display your results?
What are the means and standard deviations for the scales?
Are there any differences between males and females or any age-related differences?
Discussion
Have you described what your key findings mean in a theoretical or practical sense?
How do the findings from the current project relate to past research findings?
What is your evaluation of the current project? Are there any limitations of your study?
What are your recommendations for future research in this area?
Is a concise summary of the project included?
References
Are the references in the body of the report and in the reference list in accordance with APA Publication Manual (5th edition) guidelines?
Appendices
Are the relevant questionnaires included as Appendices?
Are relevant analyses included? Is the raw data included?
References:
Furnham, A., & Steele, H. (1993). Measuring locus of control: A critique of general,
children’s, health and work related locus of control questionnaires. British Journal of
Psychology, 84(1), 443-480.
Lau, R.R., Hartman, K.A., & Ware, J.E. (1986). Health as a value: Methodological and
theoretical considerations. Health Psychology, 5(1), 25-43.
Marteau, T. M. (1990). Attitudes towards doctors and medicine: The preliminary
development of a new scale. Psychology and Health, 4, 351-356.
Shelton Smith, M., & Wallston, K.A. (1992). How to measure the value of health. Health
Education Research, 7, 129-135.
Wallston, K.A., Maides, S., & Wallston, B.S. (1976). Health related information seeking as a
function of health-related locus of control and health value. Journal of Research in
Personality, 19(4), 215-222.
Wallston, K.A., Wallston, B.S., & DeVellis, R. (1978). Development of the multidimensional
health locus of control (MHLC) scales. Health Education Monographs, 6(2), 161-170.
Wurtele, S.K., Britcher, J.C., & Saslawsky, D.A. (1985). Relationships between locus of
control, health value, and preventive health behaviours among women. Journal of
Research in Personality, 19(5), 271-278.
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