A comparison of lay-beliefs about autism and obsessive-compulsive disorder
A comparison of lay-beliefs about autism and obsessive-compulsive disorder
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DOI：
10.1177/0020764003494006
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发表时间：
2003-12-01
影响因子：
7.5
通讯作者：
Buck, C
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作者：
Furnham, A;Buck, C
这两项研究的目的是比较关于自闭症（研究1）和强迫症（OCD）（研究2）的病因和治疗的外行信念。据推测，关于自闭症的信念将主要基于生物医学理论，而关于强迫症的信念主要基于原因和治疗的心理概念。在研究1中对父母进行了访谈，结果显示，正如假设的那样，父母对自闭症主要持生物医学观点。参与者（n = 92）完成了两份问卷，其中包括对每种疾病的病因学和治疗方法的一系列理论进行评级。统计分析证实，关于自闭症的信念主要是生物医学和强迫症的信念主要是心理。多元回归分析表明，一系列的个人差异因素（宗教信仰，对精神疾病的兴趣，年龄和自闭症的知识）预测信念的重要性，一些来自信念陈述的因素分析的五个因素。调查奠定信仰的病因学和治疗精神疾病的临床实践的相关性也被强调。
The purpose of the two studies was to compare lay beliefs regarding the aetiology and treatment of autism (study 1) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) (study 2). It was hypothesised that beliefs about autism would be based primarily on a biomedical theory while beliefs regarding OCD primarily on psychological notions of cause and cure. Parents' interviews were conducted in study 1 and revealed that, as hypothesised, parents hold predominantly biomedical views about autism. Participants (n = 92) completed both questionnaires that involved rating a range of theories of aetiology and treatment approaches for each disorder. Statistical analysis confirmed that lay beliefs about autism were primarily biomedical and beliefs about OCD were primarily psychological. Multiple regression analyses indicated that a range of individual difference factors (religiousness, interest in mental illness, age and knowledge of autism) predicted beliefs about the importance of some of the five factors derived from factor analysis of belief statements. The relevance of investigating lay beliefs of aetiology and treatment of psychiatric disorders for clinical practice is also highlighted.