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Attribution in somatizers: stability and relationship to outcome at 1‐year follow‐up
Author(s) -
GarcíaCampayo J.,
Larrubia J.,
Lobo A.,
PérezEcheverría M. J.,
Campos R.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1997.tb09658.x
Subject(s) - attribution , psychopathology , psychology , outcome (game theory) , demography , clinical psychology , psychiatry , developmental psychology , social psychology , mathematics , mathematical economics , sociology
The aim of this study was to determine whether attributional style is a stable pattern in somatizers, to analyse the sociodemographic and psychopathological characteristics that can modify it, and to study the relationship between attributional pattern and outcome. A total of 147 somatizers and 46 psychologizers from a representative sample ( n =1559) of primary care patients in Zaragoza, Spain were followed up for 1 year. Attribution of somatic symptoms was a stable construct in somatizers. Patients who modified attribution were younger (by 15 years on average), tended to be without a partner, and had a shorter illness duration (by 20 months on average) than those who maintained it. Attribution showed no correlation with outcome at the 1‐year follow‐up.