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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Hypochondriasis"”.
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Emotional intelligence and sociotropy-autonomy in young women with DSM-IV-TR hypochondriasis: a mixed-method study
DSM-IV-TR classifies hypochondriasis as a complex somatoform disorder, characterised by physical complaints for which no organic cause could be identified. DSM-5 replaced it with two new diagnostic terms: somatic symptoms disorder and illness anxiety disorder. The distinction was based on the …
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A Behavioral Test of Contamination Fear in Excessive Health Anxiety
<p>Hypochondriasis and health anxiety are characterized by preoccupation with the fear of currently having a serious physical illness. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders conceptualization of hypochondriasis does not include consideration of the fear of acquiring an illness; …
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Health anxiety and perceived vulnerability to illness
… developed cognitive-behavioural theory of hypochondriasis and health anxiety. The main hypothesis of the study was that perceived vulnerability to illness, fear of bodily sensations and changes, and dysfunctional attitudes toward illness are the major components of health anxiety. …
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Personality’s interaction with the pain experience
… traits such as depression, hysteria and hypochondriasis can mediate pain. A wealth of research has identified the relationship between personality and pain, but each individual case only centres on specific traits or specific causes of pain. In the first experiment participants were …
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Prior pregnancy loss : mental health during and after subsequent pregnancies
… loss were more likely to be diagnosed with hypochondriasis in pregnancy than women in the comparison group.
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A Multigroup Analysis of the Psychological Factors that Contribute to Persisting Working Attention Problems in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Chronic Pain
… factors were assessed using Scales 1 (Hypochondriasis), 2 (Depression), 3 (Hysteria), and 7 (Psychasthenia) of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-II. “Working attention” was measured using the demographically-adjusted T-scores for the Working Memory and Processing Speed …
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Assessing mental health as a measure of work potential
… (Scale 1), psychasthenia (Scale 7), and hypochondriasis (Scale 1), and to establish divergent validity by correlating the WPP profile scores with the MMPI-2 masculinity- femininity scale (Scale 5). The WPP and MMPI-2 were administered to 202 participants during a psychological evaluation …
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‘Food that disagrees with me’: An exploration from a psychological perspective.
… reported being high in neuroticism and high in hypochondriasis were 20% more likely of having self reported food intolerance in the population sample. Study 3, replicated the findings found in study 2 in terms of inflammatory and gastrointestinal symptoms and greater anxiety and depression. In …
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A Comparison of Personality Characteristics in Trigeminal Neuralgia and Atypical Facial Pain Using
… facial pain. However, some MMPI profiles such as hypochondriasis and hysteria were significantly elevated in atypical facial pain. Pain intensity and duration did not correlate with MMPI profiles in each group. Meaningful psychological impression from MMPI results which were interpreted by one …
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Ψυχιατρική/ψυχολογική διερεύνηση ασθενών με χρόνια αποφρακτική πνευμονοπάθεια: Ψυχιατρική συνέντευξη, διερεύνηση προσωπικότητας
… patients with more severe COPD the degree of Hypochondriasis, Depression and Hysteria scales correlated positively with the degree of airways obstruction. In the 6' walking test these patients also didn't differ from those with less severe pulmonary impairment, in whom the above psychological …