Differences in The Levels of Anxiety and Personality Variables Between Conversion Reaction Patients and Other Neurotics

Thirty female patients, fifteen with conversion reaction and fifteen with other neuroses, were selected on the basis of unanimous diagnosis by three psychiatrists. DSM III criteria were employed in selecting conversion reaction patients .The two groups were compared on Urdu version of Taylor's Manifest Anxiety Scale and Socialization, Self Control, Responsibility and Sociability Scales of California Personality Inventory. No difference was found between the two groups on the Taylor's Manifest Anxiety Scale. On the CPl, while there were no differences on Socialization and Self Control between the two groups. the neurotic group scored significantly higher on Responsibility and the conversion reaction group on Sociability .The implications of these findings for therapy in Pakistan have been discussed.