Somatoform disorders and causal attributions in patients with suspected allergies: Do somatic causal attributions matter?

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-238

  Groben, Sylvie ^a   Hausteiner, Constanze ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Attribution style; Causal illness attributions; Positive criteria; Somatoform disorders

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; VENOM;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK ROLE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79951723191     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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