Social Desirability and Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Autor: Toner, Brenda B., Koyama, Eileen, Garfinkel, Paul E., Jeejeebhoy, Kursheed N., Di Gasbarro, Ines
Zdroj: The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine; March 1992, Vol. 22 Issue: 1 p99-103, 5p
Abstrakt: The Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale, a 33-item self-report questionnaire, was administered to an age-matched sample of twenty-five irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients, twenty-four psychiatric patients meeting a diagnosis of major depression, and nineteen controls. As predicted, planned comparisons analysis showed a significant group effect: IBS group scores were significantly higher than both depressed and control group scores (p< .05). Implications of this social desirability response set for the psychological assessment and treatment of IBS are discussed.
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