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JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 71, Issue 3, Pages 205-210Publisher
JAPAN PSYCHOL ASSOC
DOI: 10.4992/jjpsy.71.205
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traumatic spinal cord injury; low-grade chronic depression; pain; IQ; personality
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To examine the relationships between low-grade chronic depression, pain and personality traits among community-dwelling persons with traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI), 111 male and 11 female TSCI persons were administered questionnaires including Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) and measures of pain and other mental ears later. Nineteen persons (15%) meeting the criteria for low-grade chronic depression (both SDS scores greater than or equal to 48) were identified, while 30% of the sample population consistently showed normal mood (both SDS scores less than or equal to 41). Both disabling pain and B type (emotionally labile socially maladjusted, and extraverted personality characteristic) associated with lower IQ (90 and less) were significantly related to high SDS scores. However, age, sex, time-since-injury, levels of injury and marital status had no relationship with depression.
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