Locus of Control in Short and Long Sleepers

1986 ◽  
Vol 148 (6) ◽  
pp. 739-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr Anand Kumar ◽  
A. K. Vaidya

Behavioural scientists are currently attempting to correlate individuals' usual duration of sleep with personality traits as well as with personality profiles. Studies using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and Cornell Medical Index have suggested that differences between “short sleepers” and “long sleepers” show up in such traits as self-control, anxiety, extroversion, aggression and ambition (Hartmann et al, 1972; Spinweber & Hartmann, 1976), although Webb & Friel (1970, 1971) found no such differences. Glaubmann & Orbach (1977) observed short sleepers to be efficient, energetic, ambitious, self-content and socially well adjusted.

1983 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 659-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greg W. Donham ◽  
Krista Ludenia ◽  
Melissa M. Sands ◽  
Peter D. Holzer

Correlations between the Health Locus of Control scale and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Self-rating Depression Scale, and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory were examined for 114 male, medical and surgical inpatients. Health Locus of Control scores were partitioned into health internal scorers and health external scorers. Significant differences were obtained on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory neurotic triad, with health external scorers exhibiting more serious personality profiles. Considerable variance of scores on health internality could be accounted for by similar variance in responses to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and Self-rating Depression Scale. Implications for clinical treatment and differential health care intervention were discussed.


2007 ◽  
Vol 137 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramin Zojaji ◽  
Maryam Javanbakht ◽  
Alireza Ghanadan ◽  
Hosien Hosien ◽  
Hasan Sadeghi

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of the patient's personality on his/her satisfaction with rhinoplasty. STUDY DESIGN: Personalities of 66 rhinoplasty candidates and 50 persons who served as control were evaluated using questionnaires. The results were validated using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) test. Six months after the surgery, the rate of satisfaction was evaluated using another questionnaire based on a visual scale. The results were statistically analyzed to assess the relationship between personality traits and rate of satisfaction. RESULTS: The average age of participants was 25.3 ± 5.12 years; 79% were females. Obsessiveness was the most frequently noted personality trait; being antisocial was the least mentioned. Personality type and level of satisfaction were statistically related ( P < 0.001). The satisfaction rate of rhinoplasty was 55.1%. Candidates with “good faking” trait followed by those who were-“depressed” had the highest satisfaction. CONCLUSION: Identification of patient's personality can be a major factor influencing satisfaction results after rhinoplasty.


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-199
Author(s):  
Rahel Gloria Natalia Abel ◽  
Setyani Alfinuha

Crime as premeditated murder is one of the main problems in Indonesia. The prevalence of murder cases tends to increase. Personality characteristics that play a role in the case of premeditated murder are unique. Prison convicts have varied and unique personality compared to people in general. A test uses to find out the personality traits that were needed to administer. Thus, the diagnosis and application of intervention were preciseness. The measuring instrument employed in this study was the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2). This study aims to determine the psychopathological indications of convicted murder cases in MMPI-2. The sampling technique used purposive sampling with one participant planning murder who was serving a prison sentence of 20 years. The result is participants had a psychopathological predisposition to schizophrenia (84 = very high), paranoia (83 = very high), and hypomania (81 = very high). A prisoner with this kind of psychopathological predisposition tended to feel insecure, lonely, anxious, and depressed but sometimes also felt happy or have excessive energy. The participant also avoided social relations and did not want to involve emotions deeply. The results of MMPI-2 showed that the characteristics of schizophrenia, paranoid, hypomania might encourage someone to commit sadistic behavior such as serial killings


2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Santu Joseph Sinamo ◽  
Dicky Suak ◽  
Herdy Munayang

Abstract: Theoretically each profesion has a certain preferential personality. Albeit, it does not mean that to become a medical doctor (MD) needs a special certain personality.  However, it is suggested that some personalities be identified which are non supportive (high risk for dificulties) of the learning process to become a medical doctor. The aim of this study is to find out the personality profiles of students of the Medical Faculty of the  University of Sam Ratulangi (UNSRAT) that have not for some reason, finished the academic stages for more than six years by using Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2). Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. Data were collected by using questionnaires and evaluation forms of the MMPI-2. We selected 34 students that had not passed the academic stages, but had been students of the Medical Faculty UNSRAT for more than six years. The result showed that based on sociodemographic, academic, and MMPI-2 profile characteristics, 47.06% of the students had specific non-supportive personalities. Keywords: medical doctor, MMPI-2, academic stages, personality     Abstrak: Secara teoritis setiap bidang profesi memiliki kesesuaian dengan beberapa ciri kepribadian tertentu. Hal tersebut tidak berarti bahwa untuk calon dokter diperlukan kualifi-kasi kepribadian tertentu yang khas secara kaku. Meskipun demikian, perlu kiranya untuk dapat di identifikasi berbagai aspek kepribadian yang kurang mendukung (berisiko tinggi untuk terjadinya kesulitan) dalam menjalani pendidikan dokter. Tujuan. mengetahui profil kepribadian mahasiswa Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Sam Ratulangi yang belum menye-lesaikan studi tahap akademik lebih dari enam tahun berdasarkan Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2). Metode. Penelitian menggunakan rancangan cross-sectional. Pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner dan lembar penilaian MMPI-2 terhadap 34 orang mahasiswa yang belum menyelesaikan studi akademik selama lebih dari enam tahun. Hasil. Dari penelitian berdasarkan karakteristik sosiodemografi, karakteristik akademik dan karakteristik profil MMPI-2 didapatkan bahwa 47,06% mahasiswa memiliki beberapa ciri kepribadian spesifik yang kurang suportif. Kata kunci: dokter, MMPI-2, tahap akademik, kepribadian


2007 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. A. Dawson ◽  
J. M. Schuerger

This study examined the relationship between the Response Inconsistency Scale (RINC) of the Adolescent Personality Questionnaire and the Variable Response Inconsistency Scale (VRIN) of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory for Adolescents (MMPI-A) in a group of 62 participants. RINC and VRIN were positively correlated .30 ( p<.01). Additionally, both scales were correlated with five broad personality scales available from the Adolescent Personality Questionnaire. Scores on both inconsistency scales correlated negatively with those on Extraversion, Independence, and Self-control (but the latter two not significantly).


1968 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 523-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georges R. Reding ◽  
Harold Zepelin ◽  
Lawrence J. Monroe

30 nocturnal teeth grinders (bruxists) and 30 matched controls randomly selected from a university student population were compared on the basis of histories of emotional disturbance and responses to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and the Cornell Medical Index. No significant personality differences on these tests between teeth-grinders and controls were observed.


2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 307-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Letícia Kipper ◽  
Cláudia Wachleski ◽  
Giovanni Abrahão Salum ◽  
Elizeth Heldt ◽  
Carolina Blaya ◽  
...  

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects that a particular psychopharmacological treatment has on personality patterns in patients with panic disorder. METHOD: Forty-seven patients with panic disorder and 40 controls were included in the study. The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory were used to assess Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, diagnoses and personality traits, respectively. Patients were treated with sertraline for 16 weeks. RESULTS: There was a significant decrease in the score on 8 of the 10 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scales. In addition, neurotic triad and psychasthenia personality scores were higher among panic disorder patients, even during the posttreatment asymptomatic phase, than among controls. CONCLUSION: In the asymptomatic phase of the disease, panic disorder patients present a particular neurotic/anxious personality pattern. This pattern, although altered in the presence of acute symptoms, could be a focus of research.


1979 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 1003-1007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne M. Imperio ◽  
Thomas F. Cullinan ◽  
Manuel Riklan

The origins of dystonia musculorum deformans are now considered to be organic. However, misdiagnosis of dystonia as a functional psychiatric disorder—usually conversion reaction—has persisted. The present study describes personality traits as measured by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory in 30 persons with dystonia and in a control group of 37 persons with cerebral palsy. The data, examined by diagnosis, level of disability, and sex, showed no differences for diagnostic groups or levels of disability. Males scored in the direction of greater psychopathology than did females. The male dystonics showed the highest elevations of MMPI scales of all the groups. Although only one person with dystonia musculorum deformans and none with cerebral palsy produced the profile usually associated with conversion reaction, 36% of all profiles showed two scales above a T score of 70. This finding suggested that young adults with a physically disabling disease may be at higher risk for developing maladaptive personality traits.


Psicoespacios ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (15) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Olena Klimenko ◽  
Henrique Luis Román Salcedo

Personality study on an artist sample across distinct artistic domainsResumenEl presente estudio es de enfoque cuantitativo transversal, descriptivo, teniendo como propósito principal: caracterizar el perfil de personalidad en una muestra de artistas de diferentes campos de desempeño creativo, los cuales residen en Colombia (23) y Argentina (3). Para lograr lo anterior, se realizó una medición de las características de personalidad de los participantes con el test MMPI versión abreviada (Minessota Multiphasic Personality Inventory). Los resultados obtenidos corroboran los resultados de estudios anteriores que establecen una relación entre la producción creativa y las perturbaciones psicopatológicas.Palabras clave: creatividad, perfil de personalidad, campo de desempeño artístico, Minnessota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.AbstractThe aim of this study is to characterize the personality profile of an artist sample, proficient in different artistic domains. The research methodology was transversal quantitative, with a descriptive approach. The personality traits of the sample, from Colombia (23) and Argentina (3), were measured by means of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. The results exhibit a strong occurrence of psychopathological markers, with significant differences in the personality profiling from subjects in different artistic domains.Keywords: personality, creativity, domains of artistic performance, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. 


2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 315-346
Author(s):  
Faragó Boglárka

CélkitűzésA tanulmány célja, hogy áttekintést nyújtson azon nemzetközi empirikus kutatások főbb eredményeiről, melyek azzal foglalkoznak, hogy az IKT-eszközök használata milyen összefüggést mutat a kognitív működéssel, személyiségvonásokkal. A kognitív működés területei közül a következőkre fókuszál a tanulmány; gondolkodás, figyelem és emlékezet, végrehajtó funkciók, intelligencia. A személyiségvonások közül az impulzivitás, szenzoros élménykeresés és kontrollhelyelvárás szerepe jelenik meg.Az áttekintés módszertanaAz összefoglaló tanulmány olyan kutatások eredményeire támaszkodik, melyek nemzetközi színtéren született empirikus vizsgálatok a fent felsorolt témákon belül. A tanulmány törekszik a témában friss, releváns nemzetközi empirikus kutatások áttekintésére. A főbb eredmények és az ezekből levont következtetések: Az IKT-eszközök használata feltételezhetően eredményez bizonyos átalakulásokat kognitív működésünkben, azonban a kutatások eredményei arra a következtetésre vezetnek, hogy nem önmagában az IKT-használat az, ami a kognitív változásokat eredményezi, hanem az IKT-eszközök nem megfelelő használata. Vagyis valószínűleg a megfelelő IKT-használati szokások elsajátítása a kulcs abban, hogy az IKT-eszközök kognitív működésünkre gyakorolt negatív hatásainak mérséklésével ki tudjuk használni ezen eszközök előnyeit. Az IKT-eszközök nem megfelelő, problematikus használata olyan személyiségtényezőkkel mutat összefüggést, mint az impulzivitás (türelmetlenség, alacsony önkontroll és kitartás), gátolatlanság unalomintolerancia, külső kontrollos kontrollhelyelvárás. Kérdéses azonban, hogy ezen személyiségbeli jellemzőket valóban az IKT-eszközök bizonyos típusú használata idézi-e elő, vagy fordítva; az eleve ilyen személyiségvonással jellemezhető személyek hajlamosabbak a problematikus IKT-használatra? Ahhoz, hogy erre a kérdésre nagy bizonyossággal választ tudjunk adni, több randomizált kontrollált kutatásra van szükség a területen. A tanulmányban szereplő empirikus kutatásokat így kutatásmódszertani szempontból is fontos megvizsgálni annak érdekében, hogy árnyaltabb következtetéseket tudjunk megfogalmazni elemzésük révén.AimThe goal of this paper is to review the main findings of the international empirical studies which are focusing on the relationship of ICT-usage and cognitive functioning, and on the relationship of ICT-usage and personality factors. In the field of cognitive functioning, this paper studies the followings; reasoning, attention, memory functions, executive functions, intelligence. From the personality traits, this paper engages in impulsivity, sensory seeking and locus of control.The methodology of the reviewThis paper reviews the relevant and up-to-date international empirical studies, which are made in the aforementioned fields. Main findings and conduisons: The usage of ICT- devices presumably results in changes in our cognitive functioning, but we can conclude from the results of the reviewed studies, that these changes are the impacts of the maladaptive use of these devices. So probably the most important issue is the acquirement of adequate habits in the filed of ICT-usage to moderate the ICT-devices' negative effects on our cognitive functioning, and to maximize the benefits of these devices.The maladaptive, problematic use of ICT-devices is in relationship with some personality traits, with impulsivity (impatience, low self-control, lack of persistence), with disinhibition, boredom susceptibility, and external locus of control. At the same time the direction of casuality is questionable, so we don't know, if problematic ICT-usage causes these changes in our personality, or conversely; people with these personality traits susceptible more to problematic ICT-usage? If we want to answer this question, we need more randomized controlled studies in this field. Therefore it is important to examine the methodology of the empirical studies which are appeared in this paper, in order to make accurate conclusions about them.


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