A Controlled Study of Personality Characteristics and Personality Disorders of Patients with Major Depression and Dysthymic Disorders in Remission / 中国临床心理学杂志

Objestive:To explore the personality traits of patients with major depression and dysthymic disorder in remission and to determine the difference of dimension ,trait level ,model of personality and personality disorder between depressive and normal subjects.Methods: major depression patients( MDD, n =58) and dysthymic disorder patients(DD, n =57) in remission and controls( n =115) were assessed with Revised NEO Personality Inventory(NEO-PI-R) and Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire( PDQ +4 ) .Results:The mean scores of Extroversion and Conscientiousness of five-factor personality model of NEO-PI-R in MDD and DD were significantly lower than those of normal group. The scores of Neuroticism of DD were significantly higher than those of MDD. The scores of Agreeableness of MDD were significantly higher than those of normal groups;The difference of thirty traits personality model had statistical significance between depressives and normal subjects. The scores of Anxiety(N1) and Self-Consciousness(N4)of DD were significantly higher than those of MDD. The scores of Activity(E4) and Trust(A1)of DD were significantly lower than those of MDD;The mean scores of 7 subscales of PDQ +4 in depression group were significantly higher than those of normal group . The scores of Schizotypal personality disorder of DD were significantly higher than those of MDD, The scores of Hysteria personality disorder of DD were significantly higher than those of normal group.Conclusion: The major depressive and dysthymic disorder patients in remission showed the differences of dimension ,trait level ,and model of personality.The personality disorder of DD was more than those of MDD.

A controlled study of personality characteristics of mental disorders by NEO-PI-R / 西安交通大学学报(医学版)

Objective To explore the personality characters of patients with mental disorders and to determine the differences of dimension,trait level and model of personality between patients and normal subjects.Methods The patients with mental disorders(n=376) and normal subjects(n=368) were assessed with revised NEO personality inventory(NEO-PI-R).Results The mean scores of extroversion(E) and conscientiousness(C) of five-factor personality model of NEO-PI-R in patients were significant lower than those in normal group((P