Personality Variables and Allergic Skin Reactivity
A Cross-Validation Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19301239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | EDITH H FREEMAN (Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital and Clinics), FRANK J GORMAN (Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital and Clinics), Margaret Thaler Singer (Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital and Clinics), MARILYN T AFFELDER (Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital and Clinics), BEN F FEINGOLD (Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital and Clinics) |
| Year | 1967 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 312-322 |
| Publication date | 1967-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychosomatic Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-3174 • E-ISSN: 1534-7796 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00006842-196707000-00002 |
| PMID | 4383479 |
| OpenAlex | W2315231801 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
In an earlier investigation, psychological test differences were found between groups of women with allergy symptoms who differed in degree of hypersensitivity on allergy skin testing. In the present study the MMPI and other tests were given to 132 women patients with asthma, rhinitis, or hay fever. Patients with minimal evidence of hypersensitivity on skin tests (nonreactors and weak reactors) expressed significantly more personal discomfort and unhappiness than women with clear evidence of hypersensitivity (moderate and strong reactors). Nonreactors described themselves as more passive, negative, withdrawn, and complaining than the relatively satisfied and confident stronger reactors. Differences between groups were found on several clinical scales, an item analysis, and a large number of experimental scales. These findings confirm the previous conclusion that there are measurable, important psychological differences within samples of allergy patients, related to degree of demonstrable hypersensitivity on skin testing. Thus many contradictions in the literature may have resulted from inadvertent mixing of physiologically and psychologically dissimilar groups
Allergy · Asthma · Hay fever · Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory · Personality · Psychological Testing · Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Clinical Psychology · Dermatology · Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research · Immunology · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Relationship Between Psychological Defenses and Mean Urinary 17-Hydroxycorticosteroid Excretion Rates
A Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Profile of Allergy
The Relationship of Personality to the Presence of Rheumatoid Factor in Asymptomatic Relatives of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Relationship Between Psychological Defenses and Mean Urinary 17-Hydroxycorticosteroid Excretion Rates
Specific Attitudes in Initial Interviews with Patients Having Different “Psychosomatic” Diseases
Observations on asthmatic children
Social Class and Mental Illness
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2002 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |