Lay beliefs

Christopher J. Kilby; Kerry Sherman

Lay beliefs

Christopher J. Kilby, Kerry Sherman

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Lay beliefs represent an individual’s subjective and informal explanation for the world around them (including explanations relating to health and illness) that do not necessarily have to concur with scientific knowledge (Furnham 1988). As lay beliefs are subjective, they will differ from person to person such that one person’s understanding of their world will not necessarily be the same as another person.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of behavioral medicine
Editors	Marc D. Gellman
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Springer, Springer Nature
Pages	1275-1277
Number of pages	3
Edition	2nd
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030399030
ISBN (Print)	9783030399016
Publication status	Published - 2020

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