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

ABSTRACT

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