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Marital Patterns, Hostility and Personal Illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Patrick Hall-Smith
Affiliation:
Brighton and Lewes Group of Hospitals
Anthony Ryle
Affiliation:
University of Sussex Health Service, Falmer, Brighton, Sussex
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In an investigation of dermatological out-patient attenders, psychometric tests measuring marital patterns, hostility and personal illness were administered to 49 married patients aged under 60. Scores on these tests did not differ significantly between groups of cases classified according to the likelihood that psychosomatic factors were operative.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1969 

References

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Ryle, A. (1966). ‘A marital pattern test for use in psychiatric research.’ Brit. J. Psychiat., 112, 285–93.Google Scholar
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