Year: 1998
Type: dissertation
Abstract: In 1975 Ihe research line "Stress and Migraine" was started at the "Free University",\nAmsterdam. Later this research program was continued at the Institute for Medical\nPsychology and Psychotherapy, Erasmus University Rotterdam.\nA first aim of this research line was to investigate the relations between personality\ntraits, perception of stress, and the incidence of migraine and tension-type headache.\nPhysiological mechanisms were studied that can explain how stress may trigger a\nheadache attack. Headache subjects were typified by higher trait and state anxiety levels\n[1]. They showed a higher degree of achievement motivation and rigidity [2]. However,\nin a later study [3], no difference in achievement motivat
Author: Johannes Langeveld
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Neurology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1508517028