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Published in: Quality of Life Research 10/2019

01-10-2019 | Responses to "Advancing quality‑of‑life research by deepening our understanding of response shift" by Bruce D. Rapkin & Carolyn E. Schwartz

Conceptual and methodological considerations regarding appraisal and response shift

Authors: M. G. E. Verdam, F. J. Oort

Published in: Quality of Life Research | Issue 10/2019

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When evaluating the impact of disease and treatment on patients’ perceived health trajectories, it is important to also consider possible changes in the meaning of patients’ self-evaluations, i.e., response shift. Response shift has been introduced in health-related quality of life (HRQL) research as an explanation for paradoxical and counter-intuitive findings, such as stable HRQL in spite of life-threatening disease or comparable HRQL in healthy (general) and disease populations [5]. In the current issue, Rapkin and Schwartz (2019) argue that the theory of cognitive appraisal is the “only and best way forward” (p. 3) to elucidate response shift phenomena. However, we have some conceptual and methodological issues regarding the interpretation and operationalization of appraisal and response shift as proposed by Rapkin and Schwartz. Conceptually: What is the relationship between appraisal and response shift? Methodologically: How to investigate appraisal and response shift? …
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Metadata
Title
Conceptual and methodological considerations regarding appraisal and response shift
Authors
M. G. E. Verdam
F. J. Oort
Publication date
01-10-2019
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Quality of Life Research / Issue 10/2019
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-019-02282-x

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