The incidence of motion sickness in a large (N = 3,618) college population was determined by means of a questionnaire. Significantly greater proportions of men than women had low susceptibility scores; significantly greater proportions of women had high susceptibility scores. Comparisons of MSQ scores were made with other selfassessments, age changes, motion experiences, familial susceptibility...

Bruxism is a jaw muscle activity that involves physio-pathological, psycho-social, hereditary and genetic factors. The purpose of this study was to determine the associations between self-reported bruxism, anxiety, and neuroticism personality trait with the rs6313 polymorphism in the gene HTR2A. A sample of 171 subjects of both sexes (14-53 years of age) was included. The control group (group 1...

Cyberbullying, a form of bullying with the use digital technologies, has become increasingly common among teenagers. It can take place on social media, messaging platforms, gaming and previous studies provide several lines evidence that no relationship is found between cyberbullying influences introversion extraversion. To further investigate impact cyberbullying, this research was conducted ai...

BACKGROUND College students' mental health problems include depression, anxiety, panic disorders, phobias and obsessive compulsive thoughts. AIMS To investigate Greek college students' psychopathology. METHODS During the initial evaluation, 638 college students were assessed through the following psychometric questionnaires: (a) Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ); (b) The Symptom Check...

INTRODUCTION The serotonergic neurotransmitter system is closely linked to depression and personality traits. It is not known if selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) have an effect on neuroticism that is independent of their effect on depression. Healthy individuals with a genetic liability for depression represent a group of particular interest when investigating if intervention with...

BACKGROUND Type D personality is a risk indicator in cardiac patients. The validity and reliability of the Type D Scale (DS14) have been confirmed in Western Europe but not outside this context. PURPOSE We examined the structural, convergent, and divergent validity and the reliability of the DS14 in the Ukrainian setting. METHOD Healthy Ukrainian respondents (n = 250) completed the DS14, th...

In order to investigate the possible contribution of maternal emotional stress to the aetiology of infantile pyloric stenosis, 100 mothers of affected infants, 100 "normal" controls who had not sought medical advice at any time concerning feeding problems, and 50 mothers of children with spina bifida were interviewed. All completed the Life Events Inventory, which gives a quantitative measureme...

There is extensive evidence that personality traits are associated with health-related behaviours, but less evidence regarding the underlying mechanisms. In this study, we examined the relationships between personality and self-determination of exercise behaviour. Users of a sports centre completed personality scales (the NEO Five Factor Inventory supplemented with the Eysenck Personality Quest...

Urgency. Currently, the diagnosis of personality disorders is subjective and depends on classifications used, choice diagnostic method. The objective: to establish probable regulatory effects functional state central nervous system according electroencephalographic research (EEG) data in healthy individuals providing individual psychological traits (features) personality, determined using Eysen...