TY - JOUR AU - Nagano, Jun AU - Morita, Takako AU - Taneichi, Koji AU - Nagaoka, Shohei AU - Katsube, Sadanobu AU - Asai, Tomiaki AU - Yukioka, Masao AU - Takasugi, Kiyoshi AU - Kondo, Masakazu AU - Nishibayashi, Yasuro PY - 2014 DA - 2014/02/24 TI - Rational/antiemotional behaviors in interpersonal relationships and the functional prognosis of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a Japanese multicenter, longitudinal study JO - BioPsychoSocial Medicine SP - 8 VL - 8 IS - 1 AB - The repression of negative emotions is a personality factor that received considerable attention in the 1950-60s as being relevant to the onset and course of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Despite subsequent, repeated criticisms of the cross-sectional nature of the earlier studies, even to date few prospective studies have been reported on this issue. This multicenter study prospectively examined if “rational and antiemotional” behavior (antiemotionality), characterized by an extreme tendency to suppress emotional behaviors and to rationalize negative experiences in conflicting interpersonal situations, is associated with the functional prognosis of patients with RA. SN - 1751-0759 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1751-0759-8-8 DO - 10.1186/1751-0759-8-8 ID - Nagano2014 ER -