Table Of ContentJournal of
PSYCHOSOMATIC
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VOLUME 35
1991
Editor
GEOFFREY LLOYD
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. Appels (Maastricht) E.S. Paykel (Cambridge)
2.H . Cassem (Boston) D. Peck (Inverness)
. L. Cay (Edinburgh) I. Pilowsky (Adelaide )
. R. Eastwood (Toronto) R. H. Rahe (Maryland)
uyse (Amsterdam) R. Rosser (London)
. Lacey (London) W. Schuffell (Marburg/Lahn)
. Lipowski ( Toronto) C. Shapiro (Toronto)
. Lopez-Ibor (Madrid) J. Strain (New York)
OG.O PN. MEagmuiEren m(M>an chester) A. Stunkard ( Philadelphia)
U. Malt (Oslo) J. Suzuki (Sendai)
R. Mayou (Oxford)
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VOLUME CONTENTS
VOLUME 35 NUMBER 1
A J. Macaulay, R. S. Stern and Psychological aspects of 211 female patients
S$. L. Stanton attending a urodynamic unit
I. L. D. Houtman and Individual differences in reactivity to and coping
F. C. Bakker with the stress of lecturing
E. F. Hoon, P. W. Hoon, A psycho-behavioral model of genital herpes
K. H. Rand, J. Johnson, recurrence
N. R. Hall and N. B. Edwards
S. Warren, K. G. Warren and Emotional stress and coping in multiple sclerosis
R. Cockerill (MS) exacerbations
G. F. Huon, M. Woctton and The role of restraint and disinhibition in appetite
L. B. Brown control
M. L. Peters and Psychophysiological responses to repeated acute
A. J. M. Schmidt pain stimulation in chronic low back pain patients
T. Koehier, O. Zander and Interpreting palmar sweat prints
J. Dunker
C. Bass, J. B. Chambers and Hyperventilation provocation in patients with chest
W. N. Gardner pain and a negative treadmill exercise test
S. Jern, C. Jern and ‘Polycythaemia of stress’ in subjects with Type A
H. Wadenvik and Type B behaviour patterns
M. E. Hyland, S. Finnis and A scale for assessing quality of life in adult asthma
S.H. Irvine sufferers
Book Reviews
Announcement International College of Psychosomatic Medicine
Information Exchange Obituary — J. J. Groen
VOLUME 35 NUMBER 2/3
C. Morris Invited Review: Non-ulcer dyspepsia
N. Bohnen, N. Nicolson, Coping style, trait anxiety and cortisol reactivity
J. Sulon and J. Jolles during mental stress
M. P. Jensen, P. Karoly and Assessing the affective component of chronic pain:
P. Harris development of the Pain Discomfort Scale
S. Lindsay, S. Saqi and C. Bass The test-retest reliability of the hyperventilation
provocation test
J. Shankar and O. O. Famuyiwa Stress among factory workers in a developing
country
J. Brandtstadter, Developmental and personality correlates of
B. Baltes-G6tz, C. Kirschbaum adrenocortical activity as indexed by salivary
and D. Hellhammer cortisol: observations in the age range of 35 to 65
years
J. G. Arena, S. L. Hannah, Effect of movement and position on muscle activity
G. M. Bruno, J. D. Smith and in tension headache sufferers during and between
K. J. Meador headaches
B. P. Buchman, J. F. Sallis, Physical activity, physical fitness, and
M.H. Criqui, J. E. Dimsdale and psychological characteristics of medical students
R. M. Kaplan
P. Bennett, L. Wallace, Treating Type A behaviours and mild hypertension
D. Carroll and N. Smith in middle-aged men
J. Dyck Flory and D. S. Holmes Effects of an acute bout of aerobic exercise on
cardiovascular and subjective responses during
subsequent cognitive work
K. Demyttenaere, P. Nijs, Coping, ineffectiveness of coping and the
G. Evers-Kiebooms and psychoendocrinological stress responses during
P. R. Koninckx in-vitro fertilization
D. B. Mumford, I. A. K. Tareen, An investigation of ‘functional’ somatic symptoms
M.A. Z. Bajwa, M. R. Bhatti, among patients attending hospital medical clinics
T. Pervaiz and M. Ayub in Pakistan—i. Characteristics of ‘non-organic’
patients
D. B. Mumford, I. A. K. Tareen, An investigation of ‘functional’ somatic symptoms
M. R. Bhatti, M. A. Z. Bajwa, among patients attending hospital medical clinics
M. Ayub and T. Pervaiz in Pakistan—lIl. Using somatic symptoms to
identify patients with psychiatric disorders
S. Saarijarvi A controlled study of couple therapy in chronic
low back pain patients. Effects on marital
satisfaction, psychological distress and health
attitudes
K. Raikkonen, Type A behavior and its determinants in children,
L. Keltikangas-Jarvinen and adolescents and young adults with and without
M. Pietikainen parental coronary heart disease: a case-control
study
S. Boeke, D. Stronks, Psychological variables as predictors of the length
F. Verhage and A. Zwaveling of post-operative hospitalization
J.R. Turner and A. Sherwood Postural effects on blood pressure reactivity:
implications for studies of laboratory-field
generalization
N. T. Blaney, K. Goodkin, A stress-moderator model of distress in early HIV-1
R. O. Morgan, D. Feaster, infection: concurrent analysis of life events,
C. Millon, J. Szapocznik and hardiness and social support
C. Eisdorfer
J. Shaw and F. Creed The cost of somatization
M. 1. Johnson, C. H. Ashton, Analgesic effects of different pulse patterns of
D. R. Bousfield and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on
J. W. Thompson cold-induced pain in normal subjects
1. L. D. Houtman and Stress and coping in lecturing, and the stability of
F. C. Bakker responses across practice
M. Wrigley and R. Mayou Psychosocial factors and admission for poor
glycaemic control: a study of psychological and
social factors in poorly controlled insulin
dependent diabetic patients
H.-D. Basler and H. P. Rehfisch Cognitive—behavioral therapy in patients with
ankylosing spondylitis in a German self-help
organization
S. Geyer Life events prior to manifestation of breast cancer:
a limited prospective study covering eight years
before diagnosis
J. L. Abel and K. T. Larkin Assessment of cardiovascular reactivity across
laboratory and natural settings
Book Reviews
VOLUME 35 NUMBER 4/5
J.B. S. Halford and Anxiety and depression in tinnitus sufferers
S. D. Anderson
R. J. Contrada, W. F. Hilton, Jr Effects of emotional imagery on physiological and
and D. C. Glass facial responses in Type A and Type B individuals
R. Mayou, R, Blackwood, Cardiac failure: symptoms and functional status
B. Bryant and J. Garnham
P. Netter and Types of aggressiveness and catecholamine
S. Neuhauser-Metternich response in essential hypertensives and healthy
controls
R. S. Hallam and R. Hinchcliffe Emotional stability; its relationship to confidence in
maintaining balance
R. Rizzardo, G. Borgherini and IlIness behaviour and anxiety in dental patients
L. Cappelietti
S. R. Cramer, D. C. Nieman and The effects of moderate exercise training on
J. W. Lee psychological well-being and mood state in
women
S. G. Delehanty, J. E. Dimsdale Psychosocial correlates of reactivity in black and
and P. Mills white men
R. H. Corney, R. Stanton, Behavioural psychotherapy in the treatment of
R. Newell, A. Clare and irritable bowel syndrome
P. Fairclough
R. H. Corney and R. Stanton A survey of 658 women who report symptoms of
premenstrual syndrome
G. H. Taylor, H. H. Rea, A tool for measuring the asthma self-management
S. McNaughton, L. Smith, competency of families
J. Mulder, M. |. Asher,
E. A. Mitchell, E. Seelve and
A. W. Stewart
M. Jahanshahi Psychosocial factors and depression in torticollis
S. G. Carlsson and Habituation and tinnitus: an experimental study
S. 1. Erlandsson
K. Uvnas-Moberg, I. Arn, Personality traits in a group of individuals with
T. Theorell and C.-O. Jonsson functional disorders of the gastrointestinal tract
and their correlation with gastrin, somatostatin and
exytocin levels
K. Uvnés-Moberg, I. Arn, Gastrin, somatostatin and oxytocin levels in
T. Theoreli and C.-O. Jonsson patients with functional disorders of the
gastrointestinal tract and their response to feeding
and interaction
R. van Diest and A. Appels Vital exhaustion and depression: a conceptual
study
G. E. Swan, D. Carmelli, The rationality/emotional defensiveness scale—|.
A. Dame, R. H. Rosenman and Internal structure and stability
C. D. Spielberger
M. G. Metcalf, J. H. Livesey, Premenstrual syndrome in hysterectomized women
J. E. Wells, V. Braiden, mood and physical sympton cyclicity
S. M. Hudson and L. Bamber
H. J. Duivenvoorden and Predictability of psychic outcome for exercise
J. van Dixhoorn training and exercise training including relaxation
therapy after myocardial infarction
E. Bennett, J. Beaurepaire, Life stress and non-ulcer dyspepsia: a case control
P. Langeluddecke, J. Kellow and study
C. Tennant
P. S. J. Adler, C. France and Baroreflex sensitivity at rest and during stress in
B. Ditto individuals with a history of vasovagal syncope
F. Leavitt Predicting disability time using formal low back
pain measurement: the low back pain simulation
scale
D. L. Rowland and J. R. Heiman Self-reported and genital arousal changes in
sexually dysfunctional men following a sex therapy
program
L. L. Davidoff, T. J. Callender, Letter to the Editor
L. A. Morrow and G. Ziem
H. Staudenmayer and Reply to Letter to the Editor
J. C. Selner
Book Reviews
Announcement International College of Psychosomatic Medicine
Information Exchange
1 er. Symposium Argentino-Frances de Medicina
Psicosomatica
VOLUME 35 NUMBER 6
A. Steptoe Invited Review: The links between stress and
illness
D. J. Schonwetter, P. R. Dion, The interactive effects of Type A behavior and
A. E. Ready, D. G. Dyck and hostility on bleeding time thromboxane and
J. M. Gerrard prostacyclin formation
T. J. Jarvis and M. P. McCabe Women’s experience of the menstrual cycle
T. E. Seeman Personal control and coronary artery disease: how
generalized expectancies about control may
influence disease risk
S. Saarijarvi, U. Rytokoski and A controlled study of couple therapy in chronic
E. Alanen low back pain patients. No improvement of
disability
L. A. Heiden, K. T. Larkin and Cognitive response to a cold pressor challenge in
G. E. Knowlton high and low blood pressure reactive subjects
J. P. M. Diederiks, F. W. Bar, Predictors of return to former leisure and social
P. Hoppener, H. Vonken, activities in MI patients
A. Appels and H. J. J. Wellens
R. M. King and G. V. Wilson Use of a diary technique to investigate
psychosomatic relations in atopic dermatitis
E. Cairns and R. Wilson Northern Ireland: political violence and
self-reported physical symptoms in a community
sample
D. C. Cumming, C. E. Cumming, Towards a definition of PMS Il: a factor analytic
R. J. R. Krausher and E. E. Fox evaluation of premenstrual change in women with
symptomatic premenstrual change
M. Almagor and Mood changes during the menstrual cycle and
Y.S. Ben-Porath their relation to the use of oral contraceptive
M. Eriksson-Mangold and Psychological and somatic distress in relation to
S. G. Carlsson perceived hearing disability, hearing handicap, and
hearing measurements
E. H. Friedman Letter to the Editor
Book Reviews
Announcements
Corrigendum
VOLUME 35 SUPPLEMENT 1
C. P. Freeman Editorial: International Symposium on Eating
Disorders
C. G. Fairburn The heterogeneity of bulimia nervosa and its
implications for treatment
D. S. Goldbloom, Biochemical aspects of bulimia nervosa
P. E. Garfinkel and B. F. Shaw
J. E. Mitchell A review of the controlled trials of psychotherapy
for bulimia nervosa
B. T. Walsh Fluoxetine treatment of bulimia nervosa
C. P. Freeman A practical guide to the treatment of bulimia
nervosa