[Results of research on psychosomatic correlations]

In psychosomatic research there is a lack of multivariate studies based on samples that are adequate for statistical analysis. The present study is concerned with two samples of male students (N=107 and N=100) who took part in an extensive physiological and psychological assessment in order to find out psychosomatic patterns. Results indicate that correlational analysis including factor analysis too is insufficient to meet the complexity of the data. Multivariate classification procedures, in particular hierarchical grouping analysis, prove to be more useful in this respect. Some conclusions regarding diagnosis and therapy of the general psychosomatic syndrome are discussed.