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Daily events and somatic symptoms: Evidence of a lagged relationship
Author(s) -
Sheffield David,
McVey Cynthia,
Carroll Douglas
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
british journal of medical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 0007-1129
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1996.tb01869.x
Subject(s) - somatic cell , psychology , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , biochemistry , gene , chemistry
In order to examine the lagged relationship between daily events and somatic symptoms, 48 students completed the Students Assessment of Daily Experience Questionnaire and the Somatic Symptoms subscale of the General Health Questionnaire for five days. Undesirable events were correlated with somatic symptoms three to four days later.