We explored the relative contribution of potential psychological predictors of somatic symptoms
in outpatients with major depressive disorder, including; 1) severity of depression; 2) …

Our objective was to delineate the relevance of the personality construct alexithymia and
anger-in in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome. Fifty subjects with fibromyalgia syndrome were …

Objective: Chronic pain patients have been reported to complain about poor sleep quality.
Research aimed at delineating the predictors of poor sleep has produced conflicting results. …

… Somatizasyon psikolojik s›k›nt›n›n bedensel bulgular biçiminde yaflanmas› ve iletilmesi
olarak tan›mlanm›flt›r. Somatizasyonla iliflkili olan ya da onu belirleyen etkenlerle ilgili çeflitli çal›…

BACKGROUND: Although the pathophysiology of fibromyalgia is unknown, central
monoaminergic transmission may play a role. Antidepressants have proved to be successful in …

In this present study, we examined the relationship between the Cloninger's dimensional
psychobiologic model of personality and depression in an outpatient population with major …

… Participants were administered a short version ofMarlowe-Crowne Social Desirability
Scale and the Turkish TCI that was translat-ed by Kose and Sayar and officially approved by …

… The Turkish version of the TCI has been developed by Samet Kose and Kemal Sayar,
and the final version was approved by Cloninger. The objective of the current study was to …

Alexithymia and dissociative reactions are two strategies that have been put forward as
coping mechanisms to alleviate painful emotions. Adult studies reveal an association between …

… In most of our experiments, we used a high K + bathing solution for two reasons: 1) to avoid
intracellular K + depletion, which might effect the dye uptake (Pelegrin and Surprenant, 2007…