introduction: the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of morning and afternoon personality styles of the staff on an organization's psychological capital (optimism, resiliency, hope, and self-efficacy) based on fred luthans's model. we also assessed whether the relationship between personality type and psychological capital could affect the individual and organizational performance. m...

background: in adults, throughout life, uniqueness maintains the equivalent; but, it might be tailored in the track of neurological disarrays. as in the partition of cognitive function associated with multiple sclerosis (ms), numerous studies have been performed, but there are very few reports in this area of behavior. the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of personality types...

With great interest we have read the study by Al-Qezweny et al. [1]. In this prospective study the association between Type D personality and depression was investigated in patients who have been treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The researchers found an increased risk for depression and anxiety in PCI patients with a Type D personality compared with PCI patients with a non...

Personality theory and research typically focus on chronological age as a key indicator of personality development. This study examines whether the subjective experience of age is an alternative marker of the biomedical and psychosocial factors that contribute to individual differences in personality development. The present study uses data from the Midlife in the United States longitudinal sur...

BACKGROUND There are still many unanswered questions about psychological and social factors that may affect the development and treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Religion/spirituality (R/S) is a factor that could influence the lives of people with BPD. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between religiosity, religious attendance and borderline pe...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study is to assess the severity of psychiatric stigma in a sample of personality disordered adolescents in order to evaluate whether differences in stigma can be found in adolescents with different types and severity of personality disorders (PDs). Not only adults but children and adolescents with mental health problems suffer from psychiatric stigma. In contrast to th...

BACKGROUND Increasing evidence show that Type D personality is a risk factor for morbidity, mortality, and quality of life of patients with coronary vascular disease. Few studies examined coping as a potential behavioral mechanism to explain the harmful effect of Type D personality. PURPOSE This study examined the association between Type D personality, coping, and perceived health among Chin...

Anxiety is an unpleasant state of inner turmoil. Anxiety is a feeling of fear, worry and uneasiness, usually generalized and unfocused as an overreaction to a situation that is only subjectively seen as menacing. The trait of extroversion-introversion is a central dimension of human personality theories. Extraversion and introversion are typically viewed as a single continuum. Thus, to be high ...