Trait levels of anxiety and psychological responses to stress in migraineurs and normal controls

Price, Kenneth P.; Blackwell, Scott

doi:10.1002/1097-4679(198007)36:3<658::aid-jclp2270360308>3.0.co;2-#

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“…Although other studies have reported increased levels of anxiety in migraineurs (Passchier et al, 1984; Price & Blackwell, 1980), our migrainous subjects did not have elevated levels of anxiety. Research does not support the existence of a specific migrainous personality (Adams et al, 1980) and in our sample there was no indication that migraineurs were more obsessional than nonmigraineurs as suggested by Wolff (1937).…”

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“…Although Wolff (1937) depicted the migraineur as a tense, driving, obsessional perfectionist with an inflexible personality, current research does not support the existence of a specific migrainous personality (Adams, Feuerstein, & Fowler, 1980). Although migraineurs appear to have increased levels of anxiety (Price & Blackwell, 1980; Passchier, Helm-Hylkema, & Orlebeke, 1984; Zeitlin & Oddy, 1984), research with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) has produced inconsistent results. For instance, Levor, Cohen, Naliboff, Mc Arthur, and Heuser (1986) found mild elevation of MMPI scales 1 (Hypochondriasis), 2 (Depression), and 3 (Hysteria) for migraineurs.…”

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Neuropsychological functioning and personality characteristics of migrainous and nonmigrainous female college students.

Burker¹,

Hannay²,

Halsey³

1989

Neuropsychology

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Research with middle-aged migraineurs has supported the theory that chronic migraine headaches can lead to permanent changes in brain function. The applicability of this theory to younger migraineurs was investigated. Twenty classic migraineurs, 27 common migraineurs and 24 control subjects, all female righthanded college students, participated. The groups did not differ significantly in age, SES, or ACT score. No significant group differences were found on the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery and additional memory tests. Classic migraineurs had significantly higher scores than common migraineurs on the Hysteria and Paranoia scales of the MMPI and significantly higher scores than the controls on Hypochondriasis and Hysteria scales. Explanationsfor the lack of cognitive deficits in this group are discussed.

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Neuropsychological functioning and personality characteristics of migrainous and nonmigrainous female college students.

Burker¹,

Hannay²,

Halsey³

1989

Neuropsychology

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“…Psychological stressors, conceptualized as destabilizing psychosocial or mental events, have not been identified well, perhaps due to problems of definition; events that stress people are defined, experienced, and presumably reported idiosyncratically. Migraineurs may acknowledge internal anxiety while discounting the importance of external stress (Price & Blackwell, 1980).…”

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Psychosocial precursors and correlates of migraine headache.

Levor¹,

Cohen²,

Naliboff³

et al. 1986

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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This study tested the interactions of migraine headache cycles and sufferers' daily experiences of stressful events, emotional arousal, and physical activity. Hypotheses were that patterns of these variables would be associated with the episodic onset of migraine headache and that frequency of attacks could be predicted by combinations of personality and behavioral variables. Thirty-three migraine sufferers were interviewed, tested, and given a 4-week diary for recording daily headache activity, physical activity, stressful events, and emotional states. Repeated-measures analyses found significant elevations of stressful events over the 4 days leading up to and including a migraine day. Physical activity declined over the same period. Emotional arousal showed a trend to significance. Regression analyses identified sets of personality and behavioral predictors accounting for substantial variance in the reported numbers of migraine and headache-free days. These results support a model of migraine characterized by parallel physiological and psychosocial instability during a 4-day cycle and by an interaction of personality and behavioral (self-reported stress) functions.

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