4 RESULTS ........................................... 76

 Introduction ....................................... 76
 Correlations ....................................... 82
 Hypotheses Testing .................................. 82
 Results of Hypothesis Testing ....................... 87
 Summary .......................................... 117

 5 DISCUSSION ........................................ 124

 Introduction ........................................ 124
 Summary of the Study .............................. 124
 The Gastric Bypass Group ....................... 126
 The Hand Surgery Group ......................... 129
 The Hand Rehabilitation Group .................. 132
 Conclusions ........................................ 134
 Recommendation for Future Research .................. 136

APPENDICES

 A MILLION BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INVENTORY .................. 139

 B LETTER TO SURGEONS .................................. 149

 C CONSENT FORM AND MEMORANDUM ......................... 151

 D CORRELATIONS BETWEEN THE SCALES OF THE McGILL PAIN
 QUESTIONNAIRE, THE MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATORS,
 AND THE MILLION BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INVENTORY COPYING
 STYLES SCALES, n=55 ................................ 153

 E SELECTION RATIO TYPE TABLES (SRTT) .................. 156

REFERENCES .................................................. 176

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH ........................................... 188