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Introduction 8
References 11
Part I. Psychosomatics in medicine 12
Personal and family resources in persons disabled by rheumatoid arthritis 14
Introduction 14
Material and methods 21
Results 24
The family as a resource 38
Case 1 38
Case 2 39
Discussion 39
Conclusions 44
References 44
Streszczenie 47
A psychorehabilitation program for patients with chronic arthritis 49
Introduction 49
Group work 53
Individual work with the patient 63
References 64
Streszczenie 66
Analysis of socio-economic factors in patients with functional dyspepsia 69
Introduction 69
The pathophysiology of dyspeptic symptoms 70
Symptoms of the functional dyspepsia 74
Diagnostics of the functional dyspepsia 75
Diagnostics of the Helicobacter pylori infection 75
Endoscopic diagnostics 75
Is the "ex juvantibus" diagnosis possible in dyspepsia? 76
Treatment of the functional dyspepsia 77
Study objectives and assumptions 77
Participants 78
Statistical analysis methods 82
Results 83
Characteristics of the group with the functional dyspepsia 86
Conclusions 91
Discussion 92
References 96
Streszczenie 102
The attitude of children with bronchial asthma towards their illness 105
Introduction 105
Significance of the illness for the child development 106
Attitudes towards chronic illness 108
Bronchial asthma in clinical perspective 110
Effects of bronchial asthma on the child's functioning 111
Research objectives and hypotheses 112
Methods 112
Participants 113
Results 114
Attitudes towards the illness 123
Relations between the attitude towards the illness and areas referred to in the questionnaire 123
Discussion 125
Conclusions 130
References 131
Streszczenie 135
Consequences of somatic diseases for human identity **2 137
Factors and mechanisms disturbing identity 137
Influence of somatic diseases on identity change 145
References 152
Streszczenie 159
Part II. Applying of psychosomatic in work psychology 161
Emotional control and strategies of stress management in truck drivers 163
Introduction 163
Stress and emotions in a transactional theory of Richard Lazarus and Susan Folkman 164
Emotional control 165
Strategies for stress management 167
Stress and emotions during lorry driver's work 168
Aim of research, problems and hypotheses 170
Methods 170
Participants 173
Results 174
The level of emotional control among younger and older drivers 174
Stress management strategies among younger and older lorry drivers 178
Connection between emotional control and strategies for coping with stress in a group of lorry drivers 180
Discussion 197
Summary 200
References 201
Streszczenie 207
Personality traits and types of behaviour and feelings at work of military officers in Poland 208
Introduction 208
Functioning at work 210
Behaviours and feelings connected with work 210
Functioning at work of military officers 212
Materials and methods 213
Results 215
Analysis of average results in a group of military officers 215
Personality traits of military officers and work engagement 217
Personality traits of military officers and psychical resistance and problematic situations coping strategies 219
Personality traits of military officers and types of behaviour at work 221
Discussion 223
Conclusions 227
References 228
Streszczenie 231
Resilience and stress management strategies in surgeons 234
Introduction 234
The process of coping with stress 236
Surgeons' work 238
Research objective 239
Participationts 240
Methods 240
Procedure 241
Results 241
Discussion and conclusions 257
References 260
Streszczenie 261
Quality of life in older people 263
Review of conceptions of quality of life 263
An attempt to define the quality of life in the elderly 275
References 286
Streszczenie 287