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The difficulties of studying whether negative illness beliefs contribute to maintenance of CFS symptoms
Review abstract: PURPOSE: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is characterized by severe and debilitating fatigue. Studies based on self-report measures suggest negative illness representations, related symptom interpretations, and heightened symptom focusing are maintaining factors of fatigue. This study reviews studies which … Continue reading
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Tagged illness maintenance, Interpretative bias, negative illness beliefs, pessimistic bias, Stroop studies, visual-probe studies
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