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Perceived social support and life satisfaction in persons with somatization disorder

BACKGROUND: Life satisfaction and perceived social support been shown to improve the well-being of a person and also affect the outcome of treatment in somatization disorder. The phenomenon of somatization was explored in relation to the perceived social support and life satisfaction. AIM: This stud...

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Autores principales: Ali, Arif, Deuri, S. P., Deuri, S. K., Jahan, Masroor, Singh, Amool R., Verma, A. N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3237127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22174534
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.90342
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author Ali, Arif
Deuri, S. P.
Deuri, S. K.
Jahan, Masroor
Singh, Amool R.
Verma, A. N.
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description BACKGROUND: Life satisfaction and perceived social support been shown to improve the well-being of a person and also affect the outcome of treatment in somatization disorder. The phenomenon of somatization was explored in relation to the perceived social support and life satisfaction. AIM: This study aimed at investigating perceived social support and life satisfaction in people with somatization disorder. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was conducted on persons having somatization disorder attending the outpatient unit of LGB Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur, Assam. Satisfaction with life scale and multidimensional scale of perceived social support were used to assess life satisfaction and perceived social support respectively. RESULTS: Women reported more somatic symptoms than men. Family perceived social support was high in the patient in comparison to significant others’ perceived social support and friends’ perceived social support. Perceived social support showed that a significant positive correlation was found with life satisfaction. CONCLUSION: Poor social support and low life satisfaction might be a stress response with regard to increased distress severity and psychosocial stressors rather than a cultural response to express psychological problems in somatic terms.
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spelling pubmed-32371272011-12-15 Perceived social support and life satisfaction in persons with somatization disorder Ali, Arif Deuri, S. P. Deuri, S. K. Jahan, Masroor Singh, Amool R. Verma, A. N. Ind Psychiatry J Original Article BACKGROUND: Life satisfaction and perceived social support been shown to improve the well-being of a person and also affect the outcome of treatment in somatization disorder. The phenomenon of somatization was explored in relation to the perceived social support and life satisfaction. AIM: This study aimed at investigating perceived social support and life satisfaction in people with somatization disorder. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was conducted on persons having somatization disorder attending the outpatient unit of LGB Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur, Assam. Satisfaction with life scale and multidimensional scale of perceived social support were used to assess life satisfaction and perceived social support respectively. RESULTS: Women reported more somatic symptoms than men. Family perceived social support was high in the patient in comparison to significant others’ perceived social support and friends’ perceived social support. Perceived social support showed that a significant positive correlation was found with life satisfaction. CONCLUSION: Poor social support and low life satisfaction might be a stress response with regard to increased distress severity and psychosocial stressors rather than a cultural response to express psychological problems in somatic terms. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3237127/ /pubmed/22174534 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.90342 Text en Copyright: © Industrial Psychiatry Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Verma, A. N.
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title Perceived social support and life satisfaction in persons with somatization disorder
title_full Perceived social support and life satisfaction in persons with somatization disorder
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title_short Perceived social support and life satisfaction in persons with somatization disorder
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3237127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22174534
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.90342
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