Citation

Csörsz I, Kakuk P, Molnár Mills E, Molnár P, Máth J, Csabai M. J. Health Psychol. 2014; 19(5): 642-652.

Affiliation

University of Debrecen, Hungary.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1359105313476975

PMID

23479307

Abstract

We attempted to identify whether and how the gender of the patient influences interpretations of an illness narrative. We investigated how medical and psychology undergraduates' (n = 313) views change according to the patient's gender, students' gender, and field of study. A short story about a female patient was chosen as stimulus material, and a gender-modified version with a male protagonist was created for comparison. Responses were content analyzed by qualitative and quantitative methods. The female patient elicited more detailed descriptions and somatizing attributions. The gender of students had a stronger impact on responses than their field of study.

Language: en