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ELLEN VANDERHOOF, PhD; JOHN CLANCY, MD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1964;11(2):145-150.

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Introduction

Certain physiological reaction patterns have been shown to be closely related to characteristics of personality. According to Davis¹ numerous authors have shown that the intensity of autonomic discharge increases with frustration. Lacey and Lacey² found that impulsive persons even at rest display rhythmic bouts of palmar sweat secretion and rhythmic increases in heart rate while in other persons little change occurs. Roessler et al³ demonstrated a relationship between ego strength as defined by scores on the ES scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and certain physiological responses in subjects who were stimulated with various intensities of sound.

A recent investigation dealing with physiological responses in psychotherapeutic relationships⁴ raised the question as to whether or not certain physiological response patterns obtained from patients prior to any psychotherapy would differ among those patients who eventually improved or did . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
IOWA CITY, IOWA

Research Associate (Dr. Vanderhoof ); Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Dr. Clancy), Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and State Psychopathic Hospital, University of Iowa.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Feb 27, 1964.

Financial assistance for this study was received from The Mental Health Fund, State of Iowa.

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