Agrawal M, Dalal A K
Department of Cardiology, MLN Medical College, India.
J Soc Psychol. 1993 Jun;133(3):385-94. doi: 10.1080/00224545.1993.9712157.
Seventy male, Hindu Myocardial Infarction (MI) patients were interviewed twice--4 to 5 days after their first heart attack (Time 1) and a month after their first heart attack (Time 2). The patients' beliefs about the world (world beliefs), about the causes of the disease (causal beliefs), and about the factors contributing to their recovery (recovery beliefs) were measured. Each category of beliefs was concerned with three domains: karma, God, and just world (or self). The patients' physical and psychological recovery was evaluated. World and recovery beliefs were intercorrelated, but these beliefs were only weakly correlated with causal beliefs. Furthermore, world beliefs and recovery beliefs were positively associated with recovery from MI at both Time 1 and Time 2. Attribution of causality to God was negatively correlated with medical recovery, perceived recovery, and mood state at Time 2. This trend was in the reverse direction for attribution of causality to self.
70名男性印度教心肌梗死（MI）患者接受了两次访谈——首次心脏病发作后4至5天（时间1）和首次心脏病发作后一个月（时间2）。测量了患者关于世界的信念（世界观）、关于疾病病因的信念（因果信念）以及关于有助于其康复的因素的信念（康复信念）。每类信念都涉及三个领域：业力、上帝和公正世界（或自我）。评估了患者的身体和心理康复情况。世界观和康复信念相互关联，但这些信念与因果信念的相关性较弱。此外，世界观和康复信念在时间1和时间2均与心肌梗死的康复呈正相关。将因果归因于上帝与时间2的医学康复、感知到的康复和情绪状态呈负相关。将因果归因于自我时，这种趋势则相反。
