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This is a statistical, comparative study done on four groups of patients, each group containing fifty members. The four groups studied were: 1, duodenal ulcer; 2, gastric ulcer; 3, nonulcer dyspepsia; 4, control series. All the patients were males. The age level, marital status, number of children, social group, supervisory status, length of illness, age of onset, position in the family, the effects of worry, the clinical diagnosis, and the body habitus are all recorded, compared and analyzed statistically. A personality inventory was devised for the study and also subjected to statistical evaluation. The evaluation of the results obtained is carefully stated. It appears that the group of nonulcer dyspepsia can be discriminated by anxiety, guilt, dependence, and inability to deal with difficulties. Hamilton believes that this cluster or syndrome is like an anxiety neurosis and implies that the nonulcer dyspeptic is essentially an anxiety neurotic. The duodenal ulcer group showed less of these characteristics than the dyspeptic group and the gastric ulcer group less than the duodenal ulcer group. The controls showed least of all. The gastric ulcer group was differentiated from the duodenal ulcer group by a greater dependence, perfectionism, and an inability to work intensively. The two ulcer groups were more independent but less able to work hard than the two nonulcer groups.