TY - JOUR
T1 - Social Class and Race as Mediator Variables in Neurotic Symptomatology
AU - Derogatis, Leonard R.
AU - Covi, Lino
AU - Lipman, Ronald S.
AU - Davis, David M.
AU - Rickels, Karl
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PY - 1971/7
Y1 - 1971/7
N2 - An investigation was carried out on 1,071 anxious neurotic outpatients to examine the potential mediating effects of social class and race on distress levels of neurotic symptomatology. Five symptom dimensions, derived through factor analysis, were employed as criteria measures. Results indicated statistically significant effects for social class on both somatization and depression dimensions, with lower-status patients manifesting substantially higher distress levels than patients in the upper classes. This relationship was approximately equivalent for both Negro and white patients. On a dimension of irascibility there was a significant main effect for race, with white patients showing significantly higher levels than Negro patients. In general, as status levels dropped, symptom levels tended to rise.
AB - An investigation was carried out on 1,071 anxious neurotic outpatients to examine the potential mediating effects of social class and race on distress levels of neurotic symptomatology. Five symptom dimensions, derived through factor analysis, were employed as criteria measures. Results indicated statistically significant effects for social class on both somatization and depression dimensions, with lower-status patients manifesting substantially higher distress levels than patients in the upper classes. This relationship was approximately equivalent for both Negro and white patients. On a dimension of irascibility there was a significant main effect for race, with white patients showing significantly higher levels than Negro patients. In general, as status levels dropped, symptom levels tended to rise.
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U2 - 10.1001/archpsyc.1971.01750130033003
DO - 10.1001/archpsyc.1971.01750130033003
M3 - Article
C2 - 5096847
AN - SCOPUS:0015096622
SN - 0003-990X
VL - 25
SP - 31
EP - 40
JO - Archives of general psychiatry
JF - Archives of general psychiatry
IS - 1
ER -