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PubMed2005

Psychological aspects of hair disease.

Balding men are viewed as less desirable in a physical, personal, and social sense. Given the stereotype, it is not surprising that some men with androgenetic alopecia (AGA) appear to have a lower self-image, depression resulting in increased introversion, and increased feelings of unattractiveness. Ours is a culture that places a premium on physical appearance. In this context, appearance-altering conditions can be psychosocially insidious, especially conditions such as AGA with an uncertain course and a negative social meaning. To date, little or no data have been available regarding the psychosocial and quality-of-life aspects of AGA in a representative sample of community men. It is unknown whether AGA is a causal factor in the development of low self-esteem, depression, introversion, and feeling of unattractiveness, or whether there are underlying problems in certain patients prior to hair loss. Longitudinal studies will be important to investigate the temporal relationships between the degree of hair loss and psychosocial variables associated with AGA. A patient with male pattern baldness will be better treated and consequently more satisfied (better quality of life) if he receives effective anti-alopecia agents and simultaneously is evaluated and treated, if needed, for his psychological disorder.

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PubMed1984

Personality and psychological factors in chronic duodenal ulcer. Their interaction with biological parameters.

Forty patients with chronic duodenal ulcer were studied to determine whether some particular personality and psychological factors are associated with this disease. To this purpose the Cattell's PF 16 personality Test was utilized. Duodenal ulcer population presented a typical personality profile characterized by: high anxiety, dependence and introversion. Some biological parameters, suggested as predictors of slow healing and/or relapse of ulcer, were studied: patients with maximal acid output greater than 60 mEq/h and /or total serum pepsinogen greater than 109 micrograms tyr/ml/24 hrs and/or serum pepsinogen group I greater than 99 ng/ml showed an anxiety level significantly higher than that of patients with values less than the reported thresholds. These results suggest a contributory role by psychological factors in duodenal ulcer disease. The association of anxiolitic drugs to the traditional antiulcer therapy may be proposed, particularly in hypersecretors.

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PubMed1999

[Psychological aspects of patients with burning mouth syndrome: an investigation of personality, psychopathological profiles and social life background stress].

OBJECTIVE: To know the psychosocial background of patients with burning mouth syndrome (BMS) in China. METHODS: In this study, 30 patients with BMS and 30 normal subjects of control group were evaluated for their personality, psychopathological profile and existence of recent life events. All subjects were required to complete the EPQ questionnaire, the SCL-90 questionnaire and a Life Event Scale, and chi-square test analysis of variance and rank sum test were used in this study. RESULTS: The personality of introversion and instability was common in BMS group. The scores of 9 emotional factors and negative life events were higher than that of the control group significantly. CONCLUSION: BMS may be a series of psychological disorder and somatic discomfort caused by stresses of social life events on the people with special personality.

Burning Mouth Syndrome↗
PubMed2003

Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory profile of patients with allergic rhinitis.

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between allergic rhinitis and personality traits in a nonpsychiatric population of proven allergic status. Subjects were assigned to the allergic group (n = 29) and the nonallergic group (n = 29) on the basis of the medical examination, allergic prick tests, and self-reported allergic status. Analysis of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Profile (MMPI) profiles showed that male subjects with allergic rhinitis had significantly higher scores on depression, paranoia, and social introversion. Depression, hypochondriasis, and hysteria scores were significantly higher in female subjects. It may be concluded that patients with allergic rhinitis have poorer psychological function compared with the nonallergic subjects.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1992

[Conflict and counter-conflict--unconscious aspects in a cultural context].

Quarrel is considered to be a social form not only an affective relationship. Following the sociologist Georg Simmel the thesis is presented that quarrel does not destruct social order but constructs. Quarrel is a social form in the antagonism between family and culture. Described are characteristic courses of quarrels as well as unconscious strategies which are illustrated by family therapeutic examples. My contribution ends with the remark in the theory of culture about the connection between quarrel, the tragedy of individualization and the introversion of guilt. I propose not to avoid quarrels, but to cultivize them.

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[The psychological personality characteristics of young hypertension patients].

Overall forty-eight patients with stage I-II hypertensive disease (HD) were examined. A psychological investigation in the patients was conducted as recommended by Eysenck [correction of Isenk], S. Rosenzweig, Luchier. HD patients presenting with aggravated heredity (AH) and their HD parents are more often than not inclined to introversion. In AH-free HD patients, a high level of neuroticism was recordable as was decrement in their ability to compensate anxiety and a low level of social adaptation. It is suggested that AH HD patients might have some mechanism of compensation of anxiety early in the course of the illness.

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A Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory profile of women with allergic rhinitis.

The aim of this study was to explore relationships among perennial allergic rhinitis and personality traits in a nonpsychiatric female population of proven allergic status. Female subjects were assigned to the allergic (N = 22) or nonallergic group (N = 18) on the basis of skin prick test and self-reported allergic status. Analysis of MMPI profiles showed that allergic subjects scored significantly higher on the Hypochondriasis (Hs) and Social Introversion (Si) scales and significantly lower on the Correction (K) and Ego Strength (Es) scales. The results suggested that women with perennial allergic rhinitis show poorer psychological functioning than nonallergic women. In addition, the number of allergies was positively correlated with T scores on the Hs, Depression (D), Hysteria (Hy), Psychasthenia (Pt), Schizophrenia (Sc), Si, and Conscious Anxiety (A) scales, and negatively correlated with T scores on the K and Es scales. Skin reactivity to house dust mite and grass pollen allergens were positively correlated with scores on Si, whereas skin reactivity to grass pollen and mold allergens was positively correlated with D and Pt (grass) and Pd and Sc (grass and mold). Two possible mechanisms explaining the link between psychological factors and allergic rhinitis include (1) the effect of cortisol on IgE production or (2) the production of mediators during an allergic reaction which travel from the nose to the brain.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1984

The concurrent and construct validity of the MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale among at-risk adolescent males.

Investigated the empirical validity of the MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale as a measure of alcohol abuse and a bipolar personality dimension, hypothesized by MacAndrew (1979) to mediate addiction-proneness among males, in a sample of N = 160 adolescent male offenders, who were classified according to pattern of alcohol intoxication. Classification accuracy was comparable to studies of adult males, e.g., 75% correct, but only 53.1% correct for marijuana use. There were significant personality differences (as measured by the California Psychological Inventory) between true positives and false negatives. As predicted, the true positive group resembled the Emotional Extraversion (Secondary Psychopathy) character orientation. Contrary to predictions, the false negative group did not resemble the Emotional Introversion (Dysthymic or Neurotic) character orientation, although they were more inhibited, less angry, and less inclined to antisocial acts than were true positives. Some observed differences in reported uses of alcohol were unexpected, e.g., true positives were more inclined to drink when they were coping with feelings of inadequacy, dysphoric affect, or interpersonal problems. Some limitations of the test when used with young males were discussed.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2005

Psychosocial aspects of chronic daily headache.

The objective was to investigate possible psychosocial factors in chronic daily headache (HA) by comparing those with chronic daily HA to matched patients with chronic episodic HA and to matched non-HA controls. Although there is some research on psychosocial factors in chronic daily HA, it is conflicting and none to date has compared such patients to both an episodic HA control and a non-HA control. Nineteen patients with chronic daily HA (less than 2% of 4-times-per-day HA ratings were zero) were compared to 19 HA patients matched on age, gender and nominal IHS diagnoses, and to 16 similarly matched non-HA controls on measures of psychological distress (MMPI, BDI, STAI), measures of life stress (major past events, hassles, prospective daily stress) and quality of life (SF-36). Those with chronic daily HA were significantly more distressed and had significantly poorer function on most measures relative to non-HA controls. Although there were many arithmetic trends for chronic daily HA to be more distressed and to function less well than those with episodic HA, only on the depression and social introversion scales of the MMPI and the overall vitality rating of the SF-36 were the differences significant. All three groups had comparable levels of life stress regardless of how it was measured. Those with chronic daily HA have greater levels of psychological distress and poorer quality of life than those with episodic HA or non-HA controls, despite comparable levels of life stress.

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PubMed1983

Self-reported social, speech, and facial concerns and personality adjustment of adolescents with cleft lip and palate.

This study examined the relationships among self-perceived social adjustment, concerns regarding facial disfigurement and defective speech, and objective personality assessment of 30 adolescents with cleft lip and palate. The results suggest that while cleft group scores indicate good adjustment, a significant number of adolescents with cleft have self-perceived social adjustment problems related to concerns with facial appearance. Social introversion appears to be related more to facial concerns than speech concerns during adolescence.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1987

Psychological effects of chronic haemodialysis.

Ninety-four patients, partly on chronic haemodialysis, partly after successful kidney transplantation, were studied. Progress of perceptual performance was followed up by measurements of the reaction time. It is pointed out that accumulation of uraemic toxins causes permanent damage to the central nervous system. The psychological tests revealed behavioural and personality deviations typical of other chronic diseases, the main features being growing anxiety, neuroticitation, sense of inferiority, egocentric attitude, primitive defense reactions, social introversion, distorted image of the ego, etc. Dependence of the patients on the medical or nursing staff and on the dialysing system also favour these symptoms. The uncertain outcome of the illness and the "over-protective" attitude of the close or the more distant milieu also add to the sense of insecurity and uselessness. The need for individual and group psychotherapy is emphasized.

Adult↗
PubMed1979

Note on the relationship between trait anxiety and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire.

Administered the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory A-Trait scale and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire to 97 females and 105 males under neutral conditions. The interrelationships gave limited support to Eysenck's hypothesis that anxiety is a dimension oblique to extraversion and neuroticism such that high anxiety is associated with high introversion and neuroticism. Trait anxiety was independent of the psychoticism and lie dimensions.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1993

The relation of humor to depression and personality.

The present study focused on an assessment of humor, depression, and personality. 38 male and 91 female college students responded to five self-report questionnaires, i.e., Martin and Lefcourt's Situational Humor Response Questionnaire and Coping Humor Scale, Svebak's Sense of Humor Questionnaire, Zimmerman's Inventory to Diagnose Depression, and the Eysenck Personality Inventory. Analysis indicated that individuals who scored lower on the depression scale tended to score higher on the Coping Humor Scale, Extraversion, and Neuroticism. Also, individuals scoring higher on the humor scales tended to score higher on Extraversion and Emotional Stability. These personality factors appear to be strongly related to the sense of humor construct and depression. Perhaps the personality factors of introversion and neuroticism may be employed to identify a predisposition toward depression.

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PubMed1986

Personality and functional hearing loss in children.

Thirty children with functional hearing loss were seen for psychological assessment. The sample included twice as many girls as boys. Most had experienced middle-ear problems and scored outside normal limits on the Junior Eysenck Personality Inventory. Introversion alone or combined with neuroticism was the most important personality dimension, especially for girls. The relationship between introverted behaviour, hearing impairment and previous experience of hearing problems is discussed.

Audiometry, Pure-Tone↗
PubMed1983

Limbic lobe epilepsy with paranoid symptoms: analysis of clinical features and psychological tests.

Ten cases of limbic epilepsy with paranoid symptoms were compared with 10 cases of limbic epilepsy without paranoid symptoms and 10 cases of primary generalized epilepsy ( GTC ). The clinical features (onset of seizures, their duration, combination with GTC , seizure control, social adaptability and laterality of foci) and psychological tests (WAIS, Bender-Gestalt, MPI, Y-G, Rorschach) were analyzed. Paranoid epileptics showed poor social adaptation in spite of the seizures being better controlled. They had a low performance IQ, a low object assembly test and a low picture completion test in WAIS. They were less extroversive in MPI, less aggressive and more introversive in the Yatabe -Gilford test. In the Rorschach test, they had a high color response and a form response but the form level was low.

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PubMed1987

Psychological characteristics of breast cancer patients.

Two breast cancer groups (mastectomised or chemotherapeutic intervention) and a control group of healthy female nurses were given a demographic questionnaire and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. The personality profiles of all three groups emerged as significantly different from each other on all scales with the exception of social introversion and psychopathic deviance. Both cancer groups displayed inflated scores on the clinical scale Depression. A separate series of univariate F tests revealed that the mastectomised patients were characterised by elevated scores on the clinical scales Hypochondriasis, Depression, Hysteria, Masculinity-Femininity and Schizophrenia compared to normals. The discriminant analysis confirmed that between the clinical groups the mastectomised patients exhibited higher scores (compared to those receiving chemotherapy) along the scales Hypochondriasis, Paranoia, Psychaesthenia, Schizophrenia and Hypomania, the latter 4 scales constituting the psychotic tetrad.

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