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  • Title
  • DECLARATION
  • CERTIFICATE
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Tables
  • 1. Introduction
  • Introduction
  • Need and Significance of the Study
  • Objectives of the study
  • Hypotheses
  • 2. Review of literature
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Psychosomatic perspective
  • Diagnostic criteria for psychological factors affecting medical conditions
  • Theories related to psychosomatic disorders
  • Autonomic Learning Theory
  • Selyes Stress Theory
  • Levite Theory of Stress and Illness
  • Neuroendocrine pathways of Stress- Illness
  • Theory of Hardy personality
  • Theory of psychoneuroimmunology
  • Personality and Immunity
  • Part B Related Studies
  • Extraversion
  • Neuroticism
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Mania
  • Inferiority
  • Paranoia
  • Maladjustment
  • Life events
  • Psychiatric evaluations
  • Duration of illness
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis in Relation to Demographic Variables
  • 3. Method
  • Sample
  • 3.1 Age-wise distribution of the sample
  • Tools
  • 1. Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI)
  • 2. Mathew Maldjztstment Inventory (MMI)
  • 3.Tbe life Events Check List
  • 4.Pmoma Data Sheet
  • Procedure
  • Statistical Analysis
  • 4. Results and Discussion
  • I. Personality characteristics of RA patients
  • 4.1 Mean, SDs and t value of RA patients and normal on Extraversion, Neuroticism, Anxiety, Depression, Mania, Inferiority, Paranoia and Maladjustment.
  • 1. Anxiety
  • 2. Depression
  • 3. Paranoia
  • 4. Extraversion
  • 5, Neuroticism
  • 6. Mania.
  • 7. Inferiority
  • 8. Maladjustment
  • II. Life Events Stress of RA Patients
  • 4.2 Mean, SD and t value of life events stress of RA patients and Normal subjects
  • III. Number of Stressful Life Events
  • 4.3 Frequencies, Percentage and chi square value with regard to Number of Stressful Life Events Report of RA patients and Normal subjects
  • IV. Personality Characteristics, Life Events Stress, andNumber of Stressful Life Event Reports of RA Patients inRelation to Age
  • 4.4 Summary of one-way ANOVA of four age groups of RA patients on Extraversion, Neuroticism, Anxiety, Depression, Mania, Inferiority, Paranoia, Maladjustment and Life events stress.
  • 4.5 Mean, and standard deviations of four age groups of RA patients in Extraversion, Neuroticism, Anxiety, Depression, Mania, Inferiority, Paranoia, Maladjustment and Life events stress.
  • Number of Stressful Life Events in Relation to Age
  • 4.6 Frequencies, Percentages and Chi-square value of four age groups of RA patients in Number of stressful life event
  • V. Personality Characteristics, Stressful Life Events andNumber of Stressful Life Events of RA Patients in Relationto Sex.
  • 4.7 Means, SDs and t values of Males and Females in Extraversion, Neuroticism, Anxiety, Depression, Mania, Inferiority, Paranoia, Maladjustment and Life events stress.
  • Number of Stresshl Life Events of RA Patients in Relationto Sex
  • 4.8 Frequencies, Percentages and Chi-square value with regard to Number of stressful life events reported by Male and Female RA patients.
  • VI. Personality Characteristics, Life Events Stress andNumber of Stressful Life Events in Relation to Duration ofIllness
  • 4.9 Correlation coefficients r, between Duration of illness and Extraversion, Neuroticism, Anxiety, Depression, Mania, Inferiority, Paranoia, Maladjustment, Life events Stress and Number of Stressful Life events and respective t values.
  • 5. Summary and Conclusion
  • Objectives of the study
  • Hypotheses
  • Sample
  • Tool
  • Procedure
  • Major findings of the study
  • CONCLUSION
  • Limitations
  • Implications of the Study
  • Scope for Further Study
  • Reference
  • APPENDIX
  • LIFE EVENTS CHECK-LIST
  • LIFE EVENTS CHECK LIST ANSWER SHEET
  • EYSENCK PERSONALITY INVENTORY
  • PERSONAL DATA