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- 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