AIMS Worldwide criminal statistics show a disproportionately high incidence of violent offences committed under the influence of alcohol. A psychopathological subtyping of alcohol dependence in offenders who committed homicide has mainly been related to impulsive and dissocial personalities up to now. METHODS In an investigation on 48 alcohol-dependent offenders who committed homicide, a subt...

BACKGROUND the objective of this study was to examine the associations between Cloninger temperament and character dimensions with the DAT1 VNTR and COMT Val158Met polymorphisms. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The study was conducted on 101 subjects, consisting of students of the Police College in Zagreb and staff of the Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital in Zagreb. The Cloninger Temperament and Ch...

BACKGROUND Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is characterized by severe and prolonged fatigue, along with a set of nonspecific symptoms and signs, such as sore throat, muscle pain, headaches, and difficulties with concentration or memory. OBJECTIVE The study examined whether CFS is associated with specific dimensions of Cloninger's psychobiological model of personality. METHOD Personality prof...

Jelen tanulmány célja, hogy bemutassa az önkéntes motivációk és a személyiségvonások közötti összefüggéseket fiatal érett felnőtt önkénteseknél. A korábbi kutatásokban leginkább vonáselméleti megközelítésen alapuló kérdőívekkel mérték fel önkéntesek személyiségvonásait (pl. John 1990; Habashi et al. 2016; Ackermann 2019). Kutatásunk újszerűségét adja, személyiségében külön mérjük öröklött tempe...

Objectives: According to the gateway drug theory, tobacco use is a predisposing factor for future substance abuse. This study was conducted to compare nicotine and opiate dependents to identify the differences between their personality traits and psychopathology that makes them turn to other substances after cigarette smoking. Methods: A causal-comparative study was conducted. Three groups w...

Introduction: selecting a specialty is one of the most difficult decision of medical practitioners, and this selection depends on personal factors, such as motives and dimensions of personality traits. Therefore, this study investigates relation between of dimensions of Personality traits on selecting the specialty for Medical Students of Mashhad University of Medical SciencesMethods: This cros...