Emotional reactivity and the overreport of somatic symptoms: Somatic sensitivity or negative reporting style?

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 521-530

  Aronson, Keith R ^a   Barrett, Lisa Feldman ^b   Quigley, Karen ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional reactivity; Signal detection; Somatic symptom reporting; Somatization; Somatosensory amplification; Symptom perception

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SELF REPORT; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK ROLE; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 33646161215     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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