Psychological value theory: predicting health-seeking behavior from symptom perception.

We recruit Psychological Value Theory (PVT) to understand how symptom value influences health-seeking decisions. Estimates of the Psychological Value of relief from a particular symptom were previously collected and used to predict the speed of participants' decision and the choice they make in thre...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Journal of Behavioral Medicine Vol. 48; no. 2; pp. 251 - 268
Autores principales: Page, G. Ryan, Quinlan, Philip, Lecci, Len, Cohen, Dale J.
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Apr2025
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=183972225&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: ccm
    uiTerm: 183972225
    longDbName: CINAHL Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    dissinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        01607715
        JBM
      jtl: Journal of Behavioral Medicine
      issn: 01607715
      maglogo: N
    pubinfo:
      dt: Apr2025
      vid: 48
      iid: 2
      pid: 237
      pub: Springer Nature
      place: New York, New York
    artinfo:
      ui:
        183972225
        180400173
        183972225
        183972225
        10.1007/s10865-024-00531-0
        183972225
      ppf: 251
      ppct: 17
      formats:
        fmt:
          – @attributes:
              type: T
          – @attributes:
              type: P
      tig:
        atl: Psychological value theory: predicting health-seeking behavior from symptom perception.
      aug:
        au:
          Page, G. Ryan
          Quinlan, Philip
          Lecci, Len
          Cohen, Dale J.
        affil: https://ror.org/02t0qr014 Department of Psychology, The University of North Carolina at Wilmington 601 South College Road, 28403-5612, Wilmington, North Carolina, US
      sug:
        subj:
          Psychological Theory
          Health Behavior
          Signs and Symptoms Psychosocial Factors
          Human
          Health Resource Utilization
          Task Performance and Analysis
          Decision Making
      ab: We recruit Psychological Value Theory (PVT) to understand how symptom value influences health-seeking decisions. Estimates of the Psychological Value of relief from a particular symptom were previously collected and used to predict the speed of participants' decision and the choice they make in three discrete choice experiments. Experiment 1 presented participants with a scenario and asked them to identify which of two symptoms they would seek healthcare services to treat. For each participant on every trial, two randomly chosen symptoms were inserted into the scenario. Experiment 2 addressed how the Psychological Value of a group of symptoms is predicted from the individual symptoms. Experiment 2 replicated Experiment 1 using groups of two symptoms, and predicted choice based on three grouping functions. Experiment 3 replicated Experiment 2 using a yes/no task, whereby participants were asked if they would pursue a health care visit for a single set of symptoms. The results showed that PVT accurately predicted speed and choice in all three experiments. The Psychological Value of relief from a symptom was the primary driver of choice along with a response bias in favor of avoiding symptoms labeled "severe."Health-seeking decisions are well modeled by a general-purpose, value-based computational model (PVT), with the Psychological Value of relief from health symptoms as a primary driver of health-seeking behavior.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype:
        research
        tables/charts
        Journal Article
      ougenre: Article
    language: English
    refInfo:
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N