... for their assessment. Objective: The aim of this paper was to provide a systematic review of clinimetric properties of the Symptom Questionnaire (SQ), a simple, self-rated instrument for the assessment of psychological symptoms (depression, anxiety, hostility, and somatization) and well-being (contentment, relaxation...

..., hostility, and the six personality types proposed by Grossarth-Maticek and Eysenck. Vital status and date of death were obtained annually for all participants. The association between psychological variables and mortality was measured by the Relative Index of Inequality (RII) computed through Cox regression...

.... Breast cancer Psychological factors Hostility Alexithymia Multivariate analysis Personality Affect Regular Article Psychother Psychosom 1993:59:179-189 f Anagnostopoulosa Gr. Vaslamatzish M. Markidish Kl. Katsouyannic St. Vassilaros* C. Stefanisb a psychology Department. Oncological Hospital...

...Pio Enrico Ricci Bitti; Paola Gremigni; Giorgio Bertolotti; Anna Maria Zotti Anger and hostility have long been considered important factors in the etiology of essential hypertension (EH) and coronary heart disease (CHD). This case-control study investigates the association of hostility...

...) for the assessment of personality characteristics and psychopathological symptoms. Results. Patients were significantly differentiated from controls with respect to all factors of HDHQ; they exhibited more hostility, either introverted or extroverted, than control subjects. The patients also had significantly higher...

... application of a simple instrument to assess doctor-patient interaction are reported. Rapport and hostility may be related and we hypothesised that interaction between doctor and patient would be related in part to hostility. Methods: A simple instrument to assess doctor-patient interaction was designed based...

..., the pharmacotherapy of depression in this specific patient population, the psychiatric risk factors for coronary artery disease, and the treatment of hostility, stress and type A behavior are discussed. Cardiovascular disease Smoking Cholesterol Type A behavior Depressive disorders Anxiety disorders...

... improved significantly once practice changed so that exposure only involved anxiogenic thoughts, not anxiolytic thoughts, the latter being stopped. Obsessive-compulsive disorder Anxiety Exposure Ruminations Hostility Behaviour therapy 18 2 2010 © 1994 S. Karger AG, Basel 1994...

... stressors contributed significantly to heart rate variability, as did cigarette smoking. Three emotional responses were evident when subjects were stressed: anxiety, hostility and depression; the former two emotions also contributed to heart rate variability. The heart rate data were compared to a number...

... and education were studied, and psychological assessments of irritability, hostility, ‘John Henryism’ and type A behavior pattern carried out. Hypertensive premenopausal women (n = 29) were compared with healthy, age-matched, normotensive women (n = 18). Neither the women nor the examining physicians were aware...

... advertised or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Alexithymia Conflict Depression Hostility...

... School of Medicine, Albuquerque, N. Mcx USA Self-Rated Inhibited Anger, Somatization and Depression KeyWords Inhibited anger Somatization Depression Hostility Abstract In order to examine the relationship of self-rated inhibited anger to somatization, the authors administered several self­ rating scales...

...Andrew B. Littman; Maurizio Fava; Kathleen McKool; Stefania Lamon-Fava; Elizabeth Pegg Hostility is considered to be a risk factor for coronary artery disease. Despite the findings of reduced serotonergic function and effectiveness of treatment with serotonergic agents in similar symptom complexes...

... of single methods of measurement and almost no attempt to assess subcomponents of TAB. The aims of this study were to (1) evaluate levels of agreement between structured interview assessments of alexithymia, TAB, hostility, and time urgency and well-established self-report measures of these constructs...

...N.V. Angelopoulos; A.A. Drosos; H.M. Moutsopoulos Background: The prevalence of psychiatric symptoms and hostility factors in patients with scleroderma, although a matter of clinical interest, it is rather poorly studied. Methods: Thirty female patients with scleroderma were investigated. Thirty...

...Diana De Ronchi; Ambra Muro; Alba Marziani; Paola Rucci Background: Although many significant studies of late luteal phase dysphoric disorder (LLPD) have been carried out, some conflicting findings on the relationships between personality disorders, depressive symptoms, hostility and LLPD deserve...

...Howard Berenbaum; Rachel Davis; John McGrew Background: To examine the relationship between alexithymia and the interpretation of hostility-provoking situations. Methods: Sixty-two college students completed the TAS-20 and the Test for the Interpretation of Provoking Situations (TIPS). The TIPS...