Longing for existential recognition: A qualitative study of everyday concerns for people with somatoform disorders

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 99-104

  Lind, Annemette Bondo ^a   Risoer, Mette Bech ^b   Nielsen, Klaus ^a   Delmar, Charlotte ^a   Christensen, Morten Bondo ^a   Lomborg, Kirsten ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Coping; Existential recognition; Experienced stress; Qualitative research; Somatoform disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECOGNITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SENSATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STRESS; YOUNG ADULT;

ALEXITHYMIA; COPING; EXISTENTIAL RECOGNITION; EXPERIENCED STRESS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VALUE OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892493000     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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