Self-report of hostility and the incidence of side reactions in neurotic outpatients treated with tranquilizing drugs and placebo.

1 January 1967

journal article
Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Consulting Psychology

Vol. 31 (1) , 71-76
https://doi.org/10.1037/h0024213

Abstract

ARGUES THAT THE REPORTING OF SIDE-REACTIONS DURING THE COURSE OF DRUG TREATMENT MAY SERVE AS AN INDIRECT MODE OF EXPRESSING HOSTILITY WHICH IS MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR IN PATIENTS WHOSE PERSONALITY ORIENTATION RENDERS DIFFICULT DIRECT HOSTILITY EXPRESSION. IN A SAMPLE OF 47 NEGRO FEMALE CLINIC OUTPATIENTS, IT WAS FOUND THAT SIDE REACTORS OBTAINED SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER PRETREATMENT BUSS-DURKEE TOTAL HOSTILITY SCORES THAN NON-SIDE-REACTORS (T = 2.78, DF = 45, P < .01), AND THAT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SIDE REACTORS AND NON-SIDE-REACTORS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER ON AN INDEX OF DIRECT HOSTILITY THAN ON AN INDEX OF INDIRECT HOSTILITY (T = 3.09, DF = 45, P < .005). DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DRUG- AND PLACEBO-TREATED PATIENTS IN RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SIDE-REACTION STATUS AND MODE OF HOSTILITY EXPRESSION ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. (16 REF.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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