Oscillation of Human Performance as a Personality Measure

1972 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 677-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Tainsh
Keyword(s):  
Human Performance ◽  
Motor Task ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Harmonic Frequency ◽  
Personality Measure ◽  
Personality Dimension ◽  
Individual Behaviour ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between the frequency of the periodic characteristics of individual behaviour and Spearman's (1927) concept of oscillation is discussed in terms of Eysenck's concept of neuroricism. It is shown that the harmonic frequency derived from an individual's scores on a perceptual-motor task is related to his scores on the Eysenck Personality Inventory. This is considered grounds for reconsidering a concept of behavioural oscillation as a reliable personality dimension.

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.

Examining the Dimensionality of Pathological Narcissism: Factor Analysis and Construct Validity of the O'Brien Multiphasic Narcissism Inventory

1987 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 499-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael L. O'Brien
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
American Psychiatric Association ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Personality Dimension ◽  
Pathological Narcissism ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory ◽  
Group Measure

The focus of the current research was to investigate the structure of possible dimensions of pathological narcissism as suggested by the American Psychiatric Association and recently by Miller. For this study, a 75-item instrument, the O'Brien Multiphasic Narcissism Inventory, was developed. Three studies provide preliminary evidence of the test's validity. A factor analysis, in Study 1, identified three orthogonal scales, labelled Narcissistic Personality Dimension, Poisonous Pedagogy Dimension, and Narcissistically Abused Personality Dimension. In Studies 2 and 3, issues of validity were investigated by testing construct hypotheses and by correlating scores on the new scales with those on both the Narcissistic Personality Inventory and Eysenck Personality Inventory. Taken as a whole, the three studies give encouraging evidence that the new scales provide a useful group measure of the dimensions of pathological narcissistic personality.

Salivary Response to Lemon Juice as a Measure of Introversion in Children

1971 ◽  
Vol 33 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1059-1065 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Casey ◽  
Donald L. McManis
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Lemon Juice ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Total Group ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Upper Third

The relationship between introversion, as measured by the Junior Eysenck Personality Inventory, and salivation to lemon juice was examined with 10 boys and 10 girls at CA 8, 10, and 12. Boys salivated significantly more than girls to lemon juice stimulation ( P < .05), but comparable sex differences also occurred in salivation to water by control Ss. Introversion correlated .43 ( P < .01) with salivation for all 25 girls but not for boys (r = .19). Ss who were in the upper third of the total group on extraversion showed significantly less salivation to lemon juice than did Ss in the lower third ( P < .025), which is consistent with Eysenck's theoretical analysis.

Relationship between Introversion/Extraversion, Values regarding Control over Information, and Perceptions of Invasion of Privacy

1986 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dianna L. Stone
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Laboratory Study ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
Invasion Of Privacy ◽  
The Relationship

A laboratory study examined the relationship between individual differences in introversion/extraversion, values regarding control over personal information, and perceptions of invasion of privacy. 119 subjects were asked to complete the Eysenck Personality Inventory, a personal data questionnaire, a measure of values regarding control over information, and a measure of perceived invasion of privacy. Regression/correlational analyses indicated that both introversion and values regarding control over personal information were positively related to perceptions of invasion of privacy.

Associations of Neuroticism and Introversion with Academic Achievement

1995 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 265-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuntufye S. Mwamwenda
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
University Students ◽  
South African ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
First Year ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship of academic achievement or grades with Eysenck Personality Inventory scores on Neuroticism and Introversion was examined. Contrary to theoretical expectations and previous studies, no significant differences among means were observed for 118 first-year South African university students (78 women and 40 men) whose mean ages were 29 yr. (women) and 28.8 yr. (men).

Relationship of Ordinal Position and Sex to Neuroticism in Adults

1977 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 843-846 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Sutton ◽  
Walter G. McIntire
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Birth Order ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Ordinal Position ◽  
Female Adult ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
Neuroticism Scale ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This study focused on the relationship between birth order, sex, and levels of adjustment of 120 male and 233 female adult college students (primarily graduate students). Subjects were approached in classes and asked to complete the Eysenck Personality Inventory and a personal data questionnaire. They were assigned to one of the three groups on the basis of their scores on the Neuroticism scale of the Eysenck Personality Inventory. A significant relationship between sex and ordinal position was found. Onlyborn males and firstborn females were overrepresented in the high neurotic group. In this same group, firstborn males and middle females were underrepresented. The distribution by sex and ordinal position in the average and low neuroticism groups was not different from chance. The present study supports the concept that there are birth-order differences with respect to sex and neuroticism.

A Study of Relationship between Alcohol Dependence and Personality

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gayatri Hegde ◽  
Pavitra Kalmane Sridhara ◽  
Handigol Anand
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Dependence ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Alcohol Addiction ◽  
Etiological Factors ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Alcohol Dependence Syndrome ◽  
Cage Questionnaire ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship

Alcohol dependence is related with multiple etiological factors and one among those is personality of the individual. This study was undertaken to explore the relationship between type of personality and alcohol addiction. Samples of 30 patients who have been admitted for de addiction were taken for the study. Socio demographic proforma, alcohol history proforma, CAGE questionnaire and Eysenck Personality Inventory were administered. It was found that significantly high number of patients with alcohol dependence syndrome had ambivert (76.6%) and neurotic (70%) personality. There were very few introverts (3.3%) and none of them had mentally well balanced personality. Clinical and research implications of the study are discussed.

Neuroticism and Proxemic Behavior

1977 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven De Julio ◽  
Karen Duffy
Keyword(s):  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Female Subjects

The relationship between proxemic behavior and neuroticism was examined. 50 male and 43 female subjects individually self-selected seats in a classroom where they were administered the Eysenck Personality Inventory by one of four experimenters (two male, two female). A significant relationship was found between proxemic distance and both neuroticism and experimenter's sex.

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.

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