BACKGROUND Sasang typology is a personalized traditional medicine widely used in clinical diagnosis and treatment in Korea. The aim of this study was to examine the biopsychological personality profiles of traditional Korean Sasang typology in a clinical sample of Korean children. METHODS A total of 150 children were classified as one of three traditional Korean Sasang types (19 So-Yang, 118 ...

Introduction A common practice in research and clinical is to use data considered representative of a target population compare understand the personality characteristics specific groups or individuals. To this end, numerous studies have presented normative for temperament character traits outlined Cloninger’s psychobiological model personality. However, recent genomic evidence demonstrates tha...

Although the internet has become one of the most important information resources for university students, excessive internet use can be defined as uncontrolled and harmful use of the internet, in other words, Internet Addiction. Internet addiction (IA) can be described as a maladaptive preoccupation with internet use impairing social, occupational and other areas of a person’s functioning. Rece...

Purpose. Parents have important roles in child rearing, but the influence of their personality on rearing practices and their impact on the behavior of children has received surprisingly little attention. The aim of the current study was to investigate the relationship between parents’ personality and children’s problem behaviors. Materials and Methods. Participants consisted of 190 preschool o...

BACKGROUND As yet, the relation between personality traits and impulsiveness has not been investigated in subjects affected by generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). METHOD A sample of 79 subjects with a diagnosis of GAD has been assessed at intake with Clinical Global Impression (CGI), Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11), and with Temperament and Character Inventory. Comorbidity with cluster A...

This study investigates individual temperament and character effects on bidding behavior in a first-price sealed-bid auction with independent private value frameworks. Preceding studies on experimental first-price auctions reported that selection biases, such as risk attitude (Cox et al. 1988), gender (Ham and Kagel, 2006), sex hormone cycle (Chen et al. 2013; Pearson and Schipper, 2013), cause...

OBJECTIVES To investigate differences in psychopathological, temperamental and characteristic factors between young adults with and without persistent Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms. METHODS A total of 429 university students were divided into three groups: persistent adult ADHD (n = 53), only childhood ADHD (n = 56) and healthy controls (n = 320). The Korean Adult A...