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Psychosomatic Medicine 28:679-695 (1966)
© 1966 American Psychosomatic Society

Incidence of Psychosomatic Predisposing Factors in Allergic Disorders

MARTIN A. JACOBS PH.D.1, SIDNEY FRIEDMAN M.D.1, MORTON J. FRANKLIN M.D.1, LULEEN S. ANDERSON PH.D.1, JAMES J. MULLER PH.D.1, and HOWARD D. EISMAN PH.D.1

1 Division of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass.

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 with allergies, both a somatic and a psychologic 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.

Submitted on October 18, 1965




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