title: Mood and somatic symptoms.
abstract: The relations between subjective ratings of mood and somatic symptoms were examined in four studies. Correlational analysis revealed strong relations both between and within the different aspects of mood and somatic discomforts. It was also found that the more diffuse somatic discomforts showed the highest correlations with mood. A time-series analysis also revealed that the dominating explanatory factor was from current symptom reports to current mood reports and not vice versa.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000523:psychology; D012803:Sick Role; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000523:psychology*