ON AGGRESSION OF PSYCHOSOMATIC PATIENTS -A COMPARATIVE INVESTIGATION OF PATIENTS WITH ULCERATIVE-COLITIS AND WITH DIABETES-MELLITUS WITH THE ROSENZWEIG PICTURE-FRUSTRATION STUDY

In previous investigations with the Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration Stu dy (PFS) the patients of the psychosomatic sample distinguished themse lves by a decreased extrapunitivity and increased intropunitivity in c omparsion with the ''healthy'' control persons and by a more distinct intropunitivity compared with neurotic control persons. In this invest igation two groups with patients with somatic diseases are compared wi th the PFS 32 patients with ulcerative colitis (psychosomatic group) a nd 30 patients with diabetes mellitus (somatic control group). The pat ients with colitis attain significantly higher scores on the dimension intropunitivity, i.e. they turn aggressive impulses against self to a greater extent. The result is in accordance with the assumption of an aggressive inhibition of patients with ulcerative colitis often descr ibed in the literature.