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Psychophysiological Assessment of the Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Strategies in Childhood
Published on: February 11, 2017
Assessing emotional distress at the internist's office
T L Rosenthal1, S T Miller, R H Rosenthal
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38105.
Behaviour Research and Therapy
|January 11, 1991
Summary
This study found that patients
Area of Science:
- Psychosomatic Medicine
- Clinical Psychology
- General Internal Medicine
Background:
- Patient self-reported symptoms and psychological distress are common in clinical settings.
- Understanding the relationship between patient perception and clinician assessment is crucial for comprehensive care.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the correlation between patient-reported complaints and clinician assessments of psychosomatic involvement.
- To examine the interrelationships among various psychological assessment measures.
Main Methods:
- 102 outpatients completed self-report measures for presenting complaints, adjustment difficulties, Welsh Anxiety (A) scale, and Beck Depression Inventory.
- An internist, blinded to patient responses, conducted a routine history and physical exam, rating psychosomatic involvement.
Main Results:
- Significant correlations (smallest r = 0.25, P < 0.01) were found between clinician judgments of psychosomatic involvement and all patient self-reported measures.
- High intercorrelation observed between Welsh Anxiety (A) and Beck Depression scores (r = 0.73).
Conclusions:
- Patient self-reported symptoms and psychological distress align with clinician assessments of psychosomatic involvement.
- Anxiety and depression are significantly interrelated in the outpatient population.
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