The Eysenck Personality Inventory Scores in a Group of Psychiatric Patients

1972 ◽  
Vol 120 (559) ◽  
pp. 681-682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abraham Verghese ◽  
Annamma Abraham
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
Psychosomatic Research

The Eysenck Personality Inventory (E.P.I.) was developed by Eysenck and Eysenck (1964) to measure two dimensions of personality—extraversion (E) and neuroticism (N). This personality questionnaire has been extensively used in clinical practice and psychosomatic research. In our own department we have been using the E.P.I. as a tool in some psychosomatic investigations, which have been reported in various journals (Verghese, 1970, 1971; Verghese et al. (1971a), (1971b).

Practical Aspects of the Use of Some Psychological Tests of Anxiety in a Situation of Stress

1973 ◽  
Vol 123 (576) ◽  
pp. 587-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. Bridges
Keyword(s):  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Personality Characteristic ◽  
Psychological Tests ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Psychiatric Research ◽  
Emotional Instability ◽  
Personality Variable ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
Manifest Anxiety

There is an increasing use of psychological tests designed to measure anxiety in both psychological and psychiatric research. Yet the theoretical bases upon which the various questionnaires have been constructed in relation to their practical application remain less than clear. For example, the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale (TMAS) (Taylor, 1955), was developed from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory as a more specific measure of manifest anxiety. The TMAS has repeatedly been shown to correlate highly significantly with the neuroticism score of the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI) (Eysenck and Eysenck, 1964). The EPI is purported to measure personality in a general way in two dimensions, one of neuroticism and the other of extraversion-introversion. The association between these two tests, therefore, suggests that either both relate to a general personality variable of emotional instability, or they both more specifically measure a tendency to experience anxiety. It could also mean that these two aspects, one measured by each test, involve a personality characteristic in common.

Relationships between the Eysenck Personality Inventory N Score, the Cornell Medical Index M-R Score, and the Psychogalvanic Reflex

1970 ◽  
Vol 116 (530) ◽  
pp. 27-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abraham Verghese
Keyword(s):  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
Medical Index

The Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI) was designed by Eysenck and Eysenck (1964) to measure two dimensions of personality—extraversion (E) and neuroticism (N). A high N score on the EPI has been found to dis criminate neurotic patients from normals (Knowles and Krietman, 1965; Eysenck and Eysenck, 1964).

A note on ‘Smoking, personality and reasons for smoking’

1983 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 447-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J. Eysenck
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Similar Vein

In their recent paper on smoking and personality, McManus & Weeks (1982) administered the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) and questionnaires regarding smoking to 100 subjects, and calculated correlations between the personality traits measured (psychoticism, extraversion, neuroticism, and lie scale scores) and smoking. Contrary to expectation, there was no correlation with extraversion (E), only slight correlation with neuroticism, but a significant correlation with psychoticism (P). They argue that the lack of correlation with E is due to the changed contents of the scale, which has been changed from earlier versions, such as the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI), by the omission of some impulsiveness items. They quote a paper by Rocklin & Revelle (1981) which argues in a similar vein.

Eysenck Personality Inventory Scores of Patients with Depressive Illnesses

1968 ◽  
Vol 114 (511) ◽  
pp. 767-770 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Kendell ◽  
W. J. DiScipio
Keyword(s):  
Mental State ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Severe Depression ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
Current State ◽  
Routine Administration ◽  
State Of Mind ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
True Scores

The Maudsley Personality Inventory (MPI) and its successor the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI) are frequently used to assess the personalities of psychiatric patients, and Eysenck advocates their routine administration as an aid to both diagnosis and treatment. However, a fundamental requirement of any personality test given to patients is that it should be relatively independent of the patient's mental state and reflect his personality rather than his illness. In depressive illnesses at least, it is doubtful whether this requirement is met. Coppen and Metcalfe (1965) administered the MPI to 39 patients with severe depression while they were depressed and again after recovery. Their mean N (neuroticism) score fell from 30.5 to 18.7 on recovery, and their mean E (extraversion) score rose from 17.3 to 20.6. Both changes were statistically significant. Assuming that the true scores were those obtained after recovery, it follows that the mean N score increased 63 per cent. and the E score decreased 19 per cent. during the episode of depression. The customary definition of personality as the relatively stable and enduring aspects of an individual's behaviour precludes such gross changes from being interpreted as changes in personality. One can only conclude, therefore, either that N and E scores obtained in the presence of severe depression are meaningless, or that they are a reflection of something other than the individual's personality. In the case of Coppen and Metcalfe's findings the most obvious explanation is that although patients are enjoined in the test instructions to rate their “usual way of acting or feeling” they do not in practice do so, but remain preoccupied with their current state of mind. Several MPI questions like “Does your mind often wander while you are trying to concentrate?” and “Have you often lost sleep over your worries?” are clearly relevant to the mental state of depression and probably attract positive replies from most patients regardless of their normal feelings.

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.

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