Dependency is defined as authentic or pathological and is seen as a component important to the treatment of patients with chronic illness. It is hypothesized that a significant portion of ecology patients will meet the criteria for pathological dependence and differ on psychological and physiological parameters from those who do not. This study strongly supports the first two hypotheses but does not find that the two groups differ physiologically. One hundred eleven variables are surveyed. Fifty-two show significant differences between the groups and 29 are significant at greater than the .0001 level. A discriminant analysis was used to determine the least number of orthogonal variables that best discriminate between the groups. These are MMPI Scales 8, 3, subscale Ma2, employment status, and early childhood illness.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc504524 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Jones, Frances McManemin |
| Contributors | Butler, Joel R., Burke, Angela J., Lawlis, G. Frank |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | v, 70 leaves: ill., Text |
| Rights | Public, Jones, Frances McManemin, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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