Psychologic Comparisons Between Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Their Nonarthritic Sisters
- 1 March 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Psychosomatic Medicine
- Vol. 27 (2), 150-164
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006842-196503000-00007
Abstract
The content of semi-structured interviews with rheumatoid arthritic patients and their healthy same-sexed siblings was analyzed. Results showed clear and striking differences between patients and siblings in their self-descriptions; in the extent of their masochism, self-sacrifice, and denial of hostility; in the amount of rejection they perceived from their mothers; and in the degree of strictness they perceived from their fathers. No differences were found between the 2 groups either in the extent of their physical activity or in the extent to which they manifested dependency. This casts doubt on some previous findings. It was suggested that a particular personality constellation may combine with either acute or chronic stress as one etiologic factor in the development of arthritis.Keywords
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