Wood C, Keen A
University of Oxford.
J R Soc Med. 1988 Mar;81(3):152-4. doi: 10.1177/014107688808100311.
In an attempt to assess whether there are any characteristics which a majority of ordinary people regard as life-affirming or life-denying, a questionnaire was given to a pilot group of 167 respondents, representing three different age and social categories. Five life-affirming and five life-denying characteristics were mentioned by more than 10% of respondents. Of the former, Drive, Sociability, Happiness and Optimism were endorsed by 15-20%. Of the latter, Unsociability and Poor Coping were mentioned by 22%, making them distinctly more frequent than the following categories of Pessimism, Lack of Drive and Unhappiness (11-14%). It is suggested that a number of these subjectively determined characteristics, which the general public perceive as being life-affirming or denying, do indeed influence physical or mental health, illness or illness behaviour. It may therefore be of value to utilize this set of public perceptions in future programmes of health education.
为了评估是否存在大多数普通人认为具有肯定生命或否定生命特征的情况,向一个由167名受访者组成的试点小组发放了问卷,这些受访者代表了三个不同的年龄和社会类别。超过10%的受访者提到了五个肯定生命和五个否定生命的特征。在前者中,动力、社交能力、幸福和乐观得到了15%至20%的认可。在后者中,不合群和应对能力差被提及的比例为22%,明显高于以下悲观、缺乏动力和不幸福等类别(11%至14%)。有人认为,公众主观认定的这些被视为肯定或否定生命的特征中,有一些确实会影响身心健康、疾病或患病行为。因此,在未来的健康教育项目中利用这一系列公众认知可能会有价值。