Emotional reactivity and the overreport of somatic symptoms: Somatic sensitivity or negative reporting style?

Aronson, Keith R.; Barrett, Lisa Feldman; Quigley, Karen S.

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.09.001

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“…Instead, neurotic individuals are more likely to perceive, overreact to, and/or complain about minor physical problems and sensations. In the relation between neuroticism and somatic symptom reporting, mediating mechanisms related to this hypothesis are somatic sensitivity, selective attention, and negative reporting bias [6,7]. The psychosomatic hypothesis states that neuroticism causes health problems, implicating that neurotic individuals share characteristics (such as dysregulation of the hypothalamicpituitary-adrenal axis or autonomic nervous system) that render them vulnerable to actual health problems.…”

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The association between neuroticism and self-reported common somatic symptoms in a population cohort

Rosmalen

Neeleman

Gans

et al. 2007

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

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The association between neuroticism and self-reported common somatic symptoms in a population cohort Rosmalen, Judith G. M.; Neeleman, Jan; Gans, Reinold O. B.; de Jonge, Peter Take-down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. AbstractObjective: To test the hypotheses that (1) neuroticism is associated with self-reported somatic symptoms; (2) this association is especially found with regard to psychosomatic symptoms; and (3) it is not solemnly explained by somatic reflections of psychological distress. Methods: We studied the crosssectional association between neuroticism (as measured by EPQ-RSS-N), psychological distress (as measured by GHQ-12 sum score), and the occurrence of 22 common somatic symptoms by linear and logistic regression analyses in a population cohort of 6894 participants. Results: Neuroticism is more strongly associated with the total number of somatic symptoms reported (b=.32) than GHQ-12 sum score (b=.15) and well-established risk markers such as gender (b=.11) and age (b=.04). Neuroticism was associated with all symptoms in individual logistic regressions controlled for age, gender, and psychological distress. Neuroticism is significantly more strongly related to psychosomatic symptoms (b=.36) than to infectious/allergic symptoms (b=.28). Conclusion: In a large, population-based cohort, we confirmed that neuroticism is associated with self-reported somatic symptoms. The associations were not attributable to somatic reflections of psychological distress associated with neuroticism and were relatively strong with respect to psychosomatic symptoms. Future studies should include both objective and subjective measures of health to study the mechanisms that connect neuroticism and ill health. D

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The association between neuroticism and self-reported common somatic symptoms in a population cohort

Rosmalen

Neeleman

Gans

et al. 2007

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

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“…For example, Takayanagi and Fujiu identified an attentional bias toward illness-related words in individuals with high somatosensory amplification. 20 Aronson, et al [11][12] suggested that this finding confirms the existence of a negatively biased reporting style (neuroticism, negative affectivity), which leads to a misappraisal of reality. Other researchers argue that somatosensory amplification is probably similar to negative emotionality and general distress, 7,21 because it is highly associated with anxiety or depression.…”

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“…A large number of studies have highlighted the pathogenic role of somatosensory amplification in the somatisation process. 3,[11][12][13] Currently, it also tends to be viewed as a major component of the mechanism underlying health anxiety. [14][15][16] Many studies have demonstrated that somatosensory amplification is a cognitive phenomenon rather than specific somatic sensitivity.…”

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“…However, whether the SSAS really captures the concept of somatosensory amplification is debatable. 11,12 Theoretically, it is a self-report questionnaire designed to assess the propensity to detect and focus on normal physiological states and/or uncomfortable bodily sensations and automatically interpret them as signs of a serious disease. The original version of the SSAS has good internal consistency (Cronbach's=0.82).…”

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Validity of the French form of the somatosensory amplification scale in a non-clinical sample

Bridou

Aguerre

2013

Health Psych Res

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The SomatoSensory Amplification Scale (SSAS) is a 10-item self-report instrument designed to assess the tendency to detect somatic and visceral sensations and experience them as unusually intense, toxic and alarming. This study examines the psychometric properties of a French version of the SSAS in a nonclinical population and, more specifically, explores its construct, convergent and discriminant validities. The SSAS was completed by 375 university students, together with measures of somatization propensity (SCL-90-R somatization subscale) and trait anxiety (STAI Y form). The results of principal component and confirmatory factor analyses suggest that the French version of the SSAS evaluates essentially a single, robust factor (Somatosensory amplification) and two kinds of somatic sensitivity (Exteroceptive sensitivity and Interoceptive sensitivity). Somatosensory amplification correlated with somatization tendency and anxiety propensity. These results encourage further investigations in French of the determinants and consequences of somatosensory amplification, and its use as a therapeutic strategy.

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“…Másrészt a fokozott negatív affektivitással jellemezhetõ személyek általában hajlamosak önmagukat és a világot inkább a rossz oldaláról nézni, továbbá jellemzõ rájuk a fokozott introspekció is, ezért régóta ismert az, hogy rendszerint a szokásosnál több tünetrõl számolnak be (Costa & McCrae, 1980, 1985Diener & Emmons, 1984;Pennebaker, 1994;Watson & Pennebaker, 1989). A ma leginkább elfogadott (és kísérletesen is alátámasztott) elképzelés szerint a negatív affektivitás hatása a tünetbeszámolók vonatkozásában speciális, több szinten is mûködõ torzításként fogható fel (Aronson, Barrett, & Quigley, 2006). Egyrészt befolyásolja a testi történések kódolását és késõbbi elõhívását, másrészt negatív irányba torzítja az észlelt stresszel, kellemetlen életese-ményekkel és a negatív érzelmekkel kapcsolatos önbeszámolókat, harmadrészt pedig csökkenti a kedvezõ benyomás keltésének motivációját is.…”

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Psychometric evaluation of the Hungarian version of the Somatic Absorption Scale

Köteles¹,

Simor²,

Tolnai³

2012

Mentálhigiéné és Pszichoszomatika

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Emotional reactivity and the overreport of somatic symptoms: Somatic sensitivity or negative reporting style?

Cited by 54 publications

References 75 publications

The association between neuroticism and self-reported common somatic symptoms in a population cohort

The association between neuroticism and self-reported common somatic symptoms in a population cohort

Validity of the French form of the somatosensory amplification scale in a non-clinical sample

Psychometric evaluation of the Hungarian version of the Somatic Absorption Scale

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