Abstract
Affiliation preferences among 100 Israeli out patients with major illness were assessed in waiting room interviews. Patients preferred healthy others over being with fellow sufferers or alone, and avoided illness as a discussion topic. Secondary preference for being alone rather than with co-patients rose slightly with reported anxiety. Findings contradict the emotional comparison hypothesis that misery seeks out co-sufferers.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 895-896 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Psychological Medicine |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 1985 |
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