Health Psychology 4th Canadian Edition By Shelley E Taylor – Test Bank

Chapter 11
Living with Chronic Illness

True / False Questions

1. Medical measures are only weakly related to patients’ or relatives’ assessments of quality of life.
TRUE

Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 11-01 Define quality of life.
Topic: 11-01 What is Quality of Life?

2. There is evidence that depression may occur somewhat earlier in the adjustment process than denial or severe anxiety.
FALSE

Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 11-02 Understand the different responses to chronic illness.
Topic: 11-07 Depression

3. Whereas disease severity and the presence of debilitating symptoms affect quality of life, they are unrelated to body image.
FALSE

Blooms: Analyze
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Learning Objective: 11-03 Describe how the self is changed by chronic illness.
Topic: 11-10 Body Image

4. Illness duration influences which types of coping strategies are used.
TRUE

Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 11-04 Explain how people cope with and manage chronic illness.
Topic: 11-14 Coping Strategies and Chronic Illness

5. Self-blame for chronic illness is widespread.
TRUE

Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 11-04 Explain how people cope with and manage chronic illness.
Topic: 11-15 Patients’ Beliefs about Chronic Illness

6. Chronic whiplash is a functional somatic disorder.
TRUE

Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 11-04 Explain how people cope with and manage chronic illness.
Topic: 11-16 Physical Problems Associated with Chronic Illness

7. Due to the chronic strain involved, the divorce rate among families with a chronic illness is higher than that for the general population.
FALSE

Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 11-04 Explain how people cope with and manage chronic illness.
Topic: 11-18 Social Interaction Issues in Chronic Illness

8. Many chronic illnesses lead to a decrease in sexual activity.
TRUE

Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 11-04 Explain how people cope with and manage chronic illness.
Topic: 11-18 Social Interaction Issues in Chronic Illness

9. The Internet is a good source of information about skills for coping with common illness-related problems.
TRUE

Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 11-05 Identify the psychological interventions used to manage chronic illness.
Topic: 11-23 Patient Education

10. Simply telling patients that anxiety is a normal response to the stress of chronic illness does not alleviate their concerns about how they are reacting.
FALSE