A Comparative Study of the Experimental Characteristics of a Group of Peptic Ulcer and Non-Ulcer Subjects

Author

Frank George Mullen Jr., University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Date of Award

12-1959

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy

Major

Psychology

Major Professor

G. R. Pascal

Committee Members

W. O. Jenkins, Donald D. Holloway, Kenneth R. Newton, Thomas E. Leder

Abstract

Introduction: The research about to be reported is one part of a larger research project being conducted at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. The objective of this research program is to attempt to systematically study psychological factors related to peptic ulcer by means of a behaviorally-oriented approach.

The problem in this study is a comparison of duodenal ulcer patients and a matched control group of non-ulcer subjects on various measures of reported behaviors of important persons in the early lives of the subjects. The major purpose of these comparisons is to generate hypotheses concerning the etiology of peptic ulcer from the psychological approach.

Recommended Citation

Mullen, Frank George Jr., "A Comparative Study of the Experimental Characteristics of a Group of Peptic Ulcer and Non-Ulcer Subjects. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 1959.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/2944