Incidence of Psychosomatic Predisposing Factors in Allergic Disorders

Abstract

To determine the incidence of psychosomatic predisposing factors in allergic disorders, somatic and psychologic batteries were devised and were administered to 65 male college students, 41 of whom had been independently diagnosed as having allergic symptomatology, and 24 of whom had been Independently diagnosed as free of such illness. In 75.6% of the subjects will allergies, both a somatic and a psycologic predisposing factor were evidenced, and in 75.0% of the subjects free of allergic disorders a concurrence of such factors was not present. This finding was statistically significant at the 0.001 level of confidence.