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B A Nielsen

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PubMed2001

Effects of sex and sex roles on the perceived maladaptiveness of DSM-IV personality disorder symptoms.

This study investigated the influence of sex on the perceived maladaptiveness of DSM-IV personality disorder criteria based on previous findings that inconsistency of symptoms with sex roles affects the perception of personality disorder symptoms. The effects of rater characteristics (i.e., sex, sex role) were also examined. A total of 161 undergraduates (65 men, 96 women) rated the diagnostic criteria according to how maladaptive they were for males (male condition), females (female condition), or without regard to sex (neutral condition that served as a baseline) using a 7-point scale. Participants' sex role was determined using the Bem Sex Role (1981a) Inventory. Dependent and depressive personality disorder criteria (trend for borderline) were rated more maladaptive for females than males, whereas obsessive-compulsive personality disorder criteria were rated more maladaptive for males than females. Participant sex and sex role had little or no significant effects on the ratings. Results are compared with those of previous research. Methodological issues and implications for the diagnosis of personality disorders are discussed.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1995

[Vermillionectomy].

Several external factors such as sunlight and tobacco smoking may cause changes in the epithelium of the vermillion border, especially of the lower lip, resulting in a dry and crusty epithelium often accompanied by painful ulcerations. Some of these patients will eventually develop lip cancer in the vermillion border. We would like to present a consecutive series of 25 patients treated with vermillionectomy. It is a very good and efficient treatment which may be the solution to a long standing problem. The functional and cosmetic results are very good.

Adult↗
PubMed1995

The relationship of various measures of time urgency to indices of physical health.

The degree of association with two general health indices was assessed for three separate measures of time urgency. The Speed and Impatience subscale of the Jenkins Activity Survey was found to have no significant relationships with the health indices. The Time Urgency/Perpetual Activation (TUPA) scale, as well as the Irritability and Impatience scale, did correlate in comparable ways with a majority of the health indicators. A very brief, 2-item impatience subscale of the Irritability and Impatience Scale also correlated with health indices in essentially the same manner as the complete Irritability and Impatience Scale and the TUPA Scale. It was concluded that because of its convenience of administration, the very brief 2-item impatience subscale of the Irritability and Impatience Scale may constitute the instrument of choice for assessing time urgency as it relates to noncardiovascular health. A question is raised regarding whether anger and time urgency constitute separate factors or are aspects of a single behavioral trait.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1994

Gender-related subcomponent differences in high type A subjects.

Thirty Type A males and 30 Type A females were administered an expanded version of the Structured Interview designed to assess 11 Type A subcomponents. The purpose was to determine whether males and females follow different subcomponent routes in achieving their Type A status. As predicted, males scored higher than females on two of four anger-related variables. Contrary to prediction, males scored higher than females on the subcomponent of exaggerated social control. These findings were interpreted as providing some support for the notion of differing gender-related subcomponent routes for achieving Type A status. These findings also may have implications for the higher incidence of coronary heart disease in high TABP males vs. females.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1989

A case of granulomatous sialadenitis of the submandibular gland.

Granulomatous inflammation of the major salivary glands is very rare and may be due to obstruction. Little attention has been paid to this condition. The reaction is caused by extravasation of mucus, as seen in the common mucocele of the minor salivary glands. A case of granulomatous inflammation of the submandibular gland caused by obstruction is presented. The etiology of granulomatous sialadenitis is reviewed.

Granuloma↗