Author's response to reviews Title: Type D personality is a risk factor for psychosomatic symptoms and musculoskeletal pain among adolescents. A cross-sectional study of a large population-based cohort of Swedish adolescents. Authors:

Author's response to reviews Title: Social capital in relation to depression, musculoskeletal pain, and psychosomatic symptoms: a cross-sectional study of a large population-based cohort of Swedish adolescents Authors:

Type D personality is a risk factor for psychosomatic symptoms and musculoskeletal pain among adolescents: a cross-sectional study of a large population-based cohort of Swedish adolescents

BACKGROUND Type D personality, or the "distressed personality", is a psychosocial factor associated with negative health outcomes, although its impact in younger populations is unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of Type D personality and the associations between Type D personality and psychosomatic symptoms and musculoskeletal pain among adolescences. METHODS...

Social capital in relation to depression, musculoskeletal pain, and psychosomatic symptoms: a cross-sectional study of a large population-based cohort of Swedish adolescents

BACKGROUND Social capital has lately received much attention in health research. The present study investigated whether two measures of subjective social capital were related to psychosomatic symptoms, musculoskeletal pain, and depression in a large population of Swedish adolescents. METHODS A total of 7757 13-18 year old students anonymously completed the Survey of Adolescent Life in Vestman...

Psychological factors related to musculoskeletal pain among Iranian female adolescents

Introduction: Musculoskeletal pain accompanied by psychological problem lead to reduce the efficiency of adolescents; so, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and its association with psychological factors among female adolescents. Materials and methods: The target population of this cross sectional study was female students (3625 in total) from both private...

Psychometric Properties of the DS14 and Associations with Ill Health and Coronary Heart Disease in General and Clinical Populations

Condén, E. 2014. Type D Personality. Psychometric Properties of the DS14 and Associations with Ill Health and Coronary Heart Disease in General and Clinical Populations. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1034. 74 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-9052-2. Type D personality, or distressed personality, refers to the jo...