OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship among binge severity, personality psychopathology, and body mass index (BMI) among individuals with binge eating disorder (BED). METHOD Participants were 50 individuals from the community who responded to advertisements for a medication treatment study of compulsive overeating and met BED criteria. Participants completed the Eating Disorder Examination ...

A review of the literature relating to multiple personality is presented together with a study of a single case of hysterical aetiology that demonstrates the development of multiple personality from a fugue amnesic state. A re-examination of this case after 15 years without significant psychotherapeutic intervention demonstrates a tendency towards remission. The view that multiple personality i...

Ten to twenty percent of patients with total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are dissatisfied with their clinical outcome. Aim of this study was to investigate the impact of personality traits on the subjective outcome of TKA. We investigated 80 patients with 86 computer navigated TKAs. We asked for patients satisfaction and divided patients into two groups (satisfied or dissatisfied). 12 personality t...

background: the aim of this research was to determine and compare emotional quotient and clinical performance in type d and non-d personality anesthesiology residents. methods: this was a causative–comparative research consenting anesthesiology residents (n=48). all the participants completed bar-on emotional quotient and ds-14 (type d personality) questionnaires. clinical performance of partic...

Personality has been one of the most-studied factors in negotiation research, yet only inconsistent evidence has been provided for its impact on negotiation behaviors and outcomes. This paper proposes a mental model of personality and negotiation by integrating cognitive and social factors into the examination of negotiation processes. Testable propositions are then put forward before future re...

Assessment Personality disorders were assessed using a combined DSM-IV and ICD-10 version of the International Personality Disorder Examination. Information was collected about family background, childhood behaviours, general health, academic performance, social activities and impairments. Disorders were clustered using DSM-IV categories (A odd / eccentric, B dramatic / emotional / erratic, C a...