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HONDA, Giovanna Corte  y  BRASIO, Karina Magalhães. Inasertive behavior in functional dyspepsiaComportamiento no asertivo en la dispepsia funcional. Psicol. teor. prat. [online]. 2009, vol.11, n.1, pp. 85-96. ISSN 1516-3687.

Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a gastrointestinal disorder developed as a result of various underlying conditions, characterized by pain or discomfort in the upper abdomen. There is no organic cause and psychological factors may be involved in the symptoms’ beginning. The assertive behavior is characterized by a person’s capacity to express his/her feelings and thoughts in an appropriate time. This study investigated the relation between FD and inassertive behavior; and compared the assertiveness in 16 FD patients and 16 people with no gastrointestinal disorders, all from a private university hospital. The assertiveness was measured by an instrument based in Rathus Assertiveness Scale (RAS) (RATHUS, 1973). The collected data shows that FD patients had more inassertive behaviors than people with no gastrointestinal disorders.

Palabras clave : Gastrointestinal disorder; Functional dyspepsia; Psychological factors; Assertiveness; Inassertive behavior.

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