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Peer reviewedLeavitt, Frank; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1980
Results of this study emphasized the importance of considering psychological disturbance in assessing functional components of low back pain. Psychologically disturbed patients had higher life-event scores regardless of organic pathology. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Pathology, Patients, Personality Traits
PDF pending restorationAllen, Roger J. – 1980
A report is given of research conducted to determine the relationship between the response of the human body to stress and the incidence of physical diseases. Seven areas of the nervous system were tested in the study: cardiovascular, electrodermal, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, piloerectors, pupilomaetric, and respiratory. The results of the…
Descriptors: Disease Incidence, Human Body, Motor Reactions, Patterned Responses
