Akhtar B, Uzma M.
Role of depressogenic dysfunctional attitudes, and social support among patients with somatoform.
Int J Rehab Sci Jan ;03(02):11-7.

Objective: The present study is aimed to explore the role of social support whether the perceived social support has any effect on the development of dysfunctional attitudes among patients with somatoform disorder in general. Furthermore, it aimed to reconnoiter the differential prevalence of the two variables concerning somatoform disorders patients and normal individuals. Method: A cross-section descriptive study was carried out to achieve the objective of the study. A sample of (N = 160) individuals , was taken including (n = 80) diagnosed patients with different types of somatoform disorders (SD) and (n = 80) normal individuals .The age range for sample was 18-45 and data was obtained from different psychiatric units of Islamabad and Rawalpindi .Dysfunctional attitude of the somatoform patients (SD) was measured by short form of Dysfunctional Attitude scale (DAS) by Naeem (2007) , while Social support of patients with somatoform disorders was measured by Provision of Social Relation scale (Ayub, 2004). The data was analyzed by applying reliability, correlation and t analysis. Data was interpreted through SPSS 18. Results: The finding concluded that there is no correlation between social support and dysfunctional attitudes among somatoform disorder patients (p = .87, p > .05). Moreover It is also found in this study that there are significant differences in perceived social support and dysfunctional attitude among somatoform disorders patients and normal individuals (p = .87, p <.05). Conclusion: The findings demonstrated that it was found that there is no relationship between social support and dysfunctional attitude among somatoform disorder patients. Additionally, it was also observed that patients with somatoform disorder patient has higher dysfunctional attitudes as compare to normal individuals., Limitations and suggestions were also discussed in the end of the research.

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