Personality and Mental Illness

Bibliographic Data

ID13668399
AuthorsSybil B G Eysenck (University of London, corresponding author), Oliver White (University of London), Hans J Eysenck (University of London)
Year1976
Volume39
Issue3
Pages1011-1022
Publication date1976-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1976.39.3.1011
PMID1005586
OpenAlexW2020694335
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited16

The new Eysenck Personality Questionnaire was administered to 441 male and 441 female subjects, 63 in each of seven groups (normal, criminal, schizophrenic, endogenous depressive, personality disorder, anxiety state, reactive depression). Means and SDs are reported for the groups, and a discriminant function analysis was performed to estimate the relative positions of the groups in three-dimensional space. The groups were significantly separated (1) along a dimension ranging from normality to abnormality, (2) a dimension ranging from neurotic to psychotic, and (3) a dimension ranging from antisocial behaviour to socialized behaviour. The results are interpreted as showing that personality traits characterize psychiatric groups in a manner not dissimilar to that in which they are characterized by “signs and symptoms” and suggesting that dimensional description of psychiatric abnormality may be superior to categorical nosology

Abnormality · Anxiety · Big Five personality traits · Developmental psychology · Extraversion and introversion · Eysenck Personality Questionnaire · Neuroticism · Normality · Nosology · Personality · Psychiatry · Psychoticism · Clinical Psychology · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology

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