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    Open UK participants wanted for research on motivations for complementary and alternative treatments in those with chronic illness

    Thank you. The locus of control questions are from a pre-existing validated scale which was chosen for its brevity, but as you point out, this potentially comes at a cost to the nuance and finer details that more questions might provide about beliefs relevant to specific spheres of influence...
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    Open UK participants wanted for research on motivations for complementary and alternative treatments in those with chronic illness

    Thank you all for the feedback. I totally see your points, and in many ways some of the questions are there because of the points you raise, not because I expect them to be fully representative, or to give simple results without wider interpretation. The 'locus of control' questions seem to have...
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    Open UK participants wanted for research on motivations for complementary and alternative treatments in those with chronic illness

    I hear you. If anything I hope my research will validate the difficult experience of living with chronic illness.
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    Open UK participants wanted for research on motivations for complementary and alternative treatments in those with chronic illness

    Hi, As I'm sure you know psychology covers a vast array of areas. My main interest in this specific area comes from my own experiences with chronic illness, plus my background as a former pharmacist working for the NHS, which has contributed to an interest in health psychology, amongst other...
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    Open UK participants wanted for research on motivations for complementary and alternative treatments in those with chronic illness

    Hello, As part of my psychology Masters at Oxford Brookes University I'm conducting research into the motivations for complementary and alternative medicine use in those with chronic illness. One of the subcategories I'm particularly looking at are those with ME/CFS. If you're a UK resident...
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