Relationship between the Psychogalvanic Reflex and the Eysenck Personality Inventory N Score

1971 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 277-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abraham Verghese
Keyword(s):  
Stress Test ◽  
Christian Medical College ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Normal Group ◽  
Resistance Change ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
Initial Resistance

A psychogalvanic reflex (P.G.R.) study, conducted in the Department of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, is described. 20 subjects took part in this study They consisted of 10 members of the staff and 10 neurotic patients. All of them filled up the Eysenck Personality Inventory A form. A continuous P.G.R. tracing was recorded on a Grass 4-channel polygraph, before, during, and after a standard stress test (Progressive Matrices). A high N score differentiated the neurotic group from the normal group. P.G.R. changes did not differentiate the two groups. N score was significantly correlated to initial resistance change percentage (+0.568) and to initial log change conductance (−0.458). The implications of these findings are discussed.

The Relationship between the Maudsley Personality Inventory and the Course of Affective Disorders

1970 ◽  
Vol 116 (530) ◽  
pp. 11-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. A. Kerr ◽  
Kurt Schapira ◽  
Martin Roth ◽  
R. F. Garside
Keyword(s):  
Normal Subjects ◽  
Significant Degree ◽  
Endogenous Depression ◽  
Depressive Illness ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Normal Group ◽  
Clinical State ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Relationship

The Maudsley Personality Inventory (Eysenck, 1959a) measures the two factors of neuroticism and extraversion, which are considered to be independent and relatively stable aspects of personality in normal subjects. Bartholomew and Marley (1959) tentatively concluded that changes in the mental state did not greatly affect the N and E scores, and Mezey et al. (1963) found that the scores re mained relatively constant during depressive illness, although there was a slight increase in neuroticism. McGuire et al. (1963) noted that the relationship between N and E scores ceased to be orthogonal during illness when the scores became negatively correlated. Knowles (1960) found relatively high test-retest correlations in both a normal group and a neurotic group after a year, although the correlations in the neurotic group were lower than in the normal group; he also found some evidence that fluctuations in clinical state influenced the stability of the N scores. Moreover, on measuring neuroticism and extraversion with the Eysenck Personality Inventory (Eysenck and Eysenck, 1964), Knowles and Kreitman (1965) concluded that N (but not E) scores were influenced to a small but significant degree by changes in the patients' clinical state. Coppen and Metcalfe (1965) found that the mean N score of a group of depressed patients decreased significantly on recovery and that there was an associated significant increase in the mean E score. These changes were most marked in patients with endogenous depression. The scores of the recovered patients were within normal limits. Ingham (1966) demonstrated essentially similar changes over a three year period in a group of neurotic patients.

Depression und Biografie

2003 ◽  
Vol 22 (05) ◽  
pp. 267-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. König ◽  
K.-E. Bühler
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Apperception Test ◽  
Klinische Studie ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
Thematic Apperception ◽  
Gesunde Probanden

ZusammenfassungIn der vorliegenden Untersuchung kamen zwei Persönlichkeitsfragebögen, das Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI) und der Biografische Fragebogen für Alkoholabhängige (BIFA-AL). sowie ein Persönlichkeitstest, der Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), zur Anwendung. Insgesamt umfasste die klinische Studie 88 Versuchspersonen: 44 depressive Patienten und 44 in Bezug auf Alter, Geschlecht und Schulbildung parallelisierte gesunde Probanden. Die Ergebnisse des TAT zeigen, dass sich die Patienten in ihren Fantasiegeschichten von ihrer depressiven Einstellungen lösen. Die Bildtafeln scheinen die Patienten zu animieren, ihre passive und negative Einstellungen aufzugeben und in ihren Fantasiegeschichten aktiv und positiv eingestellt in das Geschehen einzugreifen. In ihren Fantasiegeschichten leben sie das aus, was sie im normalen depressiven Leben nicht verwirklichen können, und verhalten sich so, wie sie gerne in Wirklichkeit wären. In den beiden Persönlichkeitsfragebögen konnten deutliche Unterschiede (höherer Neurotizismus, niedrigere Extraversion) zwischen den beiden Stichproben festgestellt werden. In der Skala „Zielgerichtetheit” des BIFA-AL erzielten die Patienten deutlich niedrigere Werte als die gesunden Probanden. Die Patienten erreichten ferner ungünstigere Werte hinsichtlich der Primärsozialisation. Sie schildern ihre Primärsozialisation deutlich ungünstiger und belastender. Vorschläge hinsichtlich psychotherapeutischer Folgerungen aus diesen Befunden werden unterbreitet.

Validity and Reliability of the Eysenck Personality Inventory with Outpatients

1982 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 541-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
John B. Gabrys
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Health Center ◽  
Community Mental Health Center ◽  
Mental Health Center ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Research Tool ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Reliability Study ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory

A validity and reliability study of the Eysenck Personality Inventory, Form A and Form B, is reported for 274 females and 303 male outpatients attending a community mental health center. Findings were similar to those published for randomized samples. The present study helped to sustain interest in the inventory as a research tool with psychological outpatients.

Eysenck Personality Inventory as a Mood Test with Manic-Depressive Patients

1970 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 947-952 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. R. Platman ◽  
R. Plutchik
Keyword(s):  
Normal State ◽  
Depressive Mood ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
Manic State ◽  
Manic Depressive ◽  
Depressive Patients

The Eysenck Personality Inventory was used as a mood indicator instead of as a trait test with a group of manic-depressive patients associated with a research ward. Some patients completed the EPI while in a normal state, some while in a depressed or manic state, and some in two or more clinically defined states. Results showed that depression was associated with a significant decrease in extraversion and a significant increase in neuroticism. The manic state however, was not clearly differentiated from the normal one. It appears that the inventory may be a useful indicator of depressive mood.

Habitual Participation in Exercise and Personality

1992 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 978-978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Attila Szabo
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
Exercising Women

Two personality characteristics of 21 habitually exercising and 14 nonexercising college students were compared by using the Eysenck Personality Inventory. The former scored higher on Extraversion than the latter. Both groups of men ( ns = 9 and 6), as well as 12 exercising women, scored lower on Neuroticism than 8 nonexercising women.

AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN QIGONG MEDITATION AND PERSONALITY

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 313-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne Leung ◽  
Anthony Singhal
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Option ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
Gender And Education ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Viable Treatment

Qigong meditation is an ancient form of meditation that has been linked with various health benefits. We were interested in whether or not this form of meditation has a relationship with personality. To this end, we administered the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI) to eighty Qigong meditation practitioners and seventy-four non-practitioners. The results showed that the number of years of Qigong practice was negatively correlated with neuroticism, but there was no relationship with extraversion. Even after controlling for age, gender, and education level, the practitioners were significantly less neurotic than the nonpractitioners. The study of Qigong meditation and personality may lead to a greater understanding of the various disorders characterized by high neuroticism, and may provide a viable treatment option for long-term health.

Headache Symptomology and Neuroticism in a College Sample

1989 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 976-978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Kentle
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Sexual Differences ◽  
College Sample ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
University Undergraduates ◽  
Specific Symptoms

The purpose of this study was to investigate headache symptomology in relation to personality as measured by tests derived from use of factor analysis, namely, the Adjective Self-description scales, the Eysenck Personality Inventory, and seven questions of headache symptomology. These were administered to 200 male and 200 female university undergraduates. Only measures of neuroticism were related to headache symptomology; no sexual differences in neuroticism were associated with any of the specific symptoms investigated; and neuroticism tended to increase with the number of symptoms affirmed. However, generalization may be limited due to the small number of symptoms investigated as well as by the lack of specialization of the sample.

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