[Various patterns of behavior in patients with ulcerative colitis and duodenal ulcer]

The subject of the study was in a trial of evaluation of selected behavioral patterns in patients with ulcerative colitis and acidpeptic disease of duodenum. As an evaluation method was employed the psychometric method consisting of the use of Nonconventional Adjectives Test the usefulness of which was confirmed in previous publications. The group of patients studied consisted of 65 persons with duodenal acid-peptic disease, 41 persons with ulcerative colitis and 72 healthy subject as a control group. The results obtained presented in a graphical manner reflected the psychological differences between above groups. Patients with ulcerative colitis were characterized by an increased fineness, sensibility or emotionality whereas those with duodenal acid-peptis disease selected adjectives indicating the lowered ability of self-control and of control on other people when compared with health subjects.