BACKGROUND Loss of insight is a core diagnostic criterion for frontotemporal dementia (FTD), whereas failure to recognise cognitive deficits and unawareness of disease (anosognosia) are well established findings in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, self awareness of personality has not been quantified in these patient groups. METHODS Twenty two patients (12 with frontal variant FTD; 10 with ...

OBJECTIVE Researchers have advocated replacing the DSM-IV classification of personality disorders with an alternative diagnostic system based on the five-factor model. This study evaluates the clinical comprehensiveness of the five-factor model and addresses the broader question of how many factors, and which factors, are necessary to understand personality pathology. METHOD A national sample...

the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between entrepreneurial personality characteristics and small and medium-sized sport enterprises start-up (smses). the methodology of this study was descriptive-correlation. population consisted of small and medium-sized sport enterprises (n=1500) and their owners and/or managers were randomly selected as the sample (n=258). for data colle...