INTRODUCTION Schizotypal personality disorder (SPD) shares with schizophrenia many biological features, yet little is known about the clinical characteristics of persons diagnosed with this disorder. This report describes the clinical, cognitive and socio-occupational characteristics of a community sample of subjects diagnosed with SPD. METHOD Sixty-four male and 40 female neuroleptic-naive D...

Background Sexuality is conditioned by the integrated action of biological, psychological and socio-cultural factors. Inhibition or distortion of this function, as well as disharmony with other spheres of human personality is causing the sexual dysfunction. Idiopathic scoliosis (IS) manifested many deformities in the trunk often occurs in periods of change in the development of the child psyche...

Aims. This is a contribution to the debate over the 2011 English riots from a psychosocial perspective. Methods. We compare the impulsive and 'mindless' behaviour of rioters with the impulsive, violent and contradictory behaviour of people affected by severe personality disorders. Results. ...

The relationship between negative affectivity (NA, i.e. the Neuroticism trait and transient distress), self-reported medical condition and somatic complaints was assessed in structural equation models also including personality (the Big Five personality domains), socio-demographic, and health behaviour variables. The results indicated that the individual's current distress level and medical con...

BACKGROUND Patients suspected of personality disorders (PDs) by general practitioners are frequently referred to psychiatric outpatient clinics (POCs). In that setting an effective screening instrument for PDs would be helpful due to resource constraints. This study evaluates the properties of The Iowa Personality Disorder Screen (IPDS) as a screening instrument for PDs at a POC. METHODS In a...

BACKGROUND Associations between socio-economic status (SES), personality and inflammation were examined to determine whether low SES subjects scoring high on neuroticism or hostility might suffer relatively higher levels of inflammation than affluent subjects. METHODS In a cross-sectional design, 666 subjects were recruited from areas of high (most deprived - "MD") and low (least deprived - "...

One of the main challenges faced by the video game industry is to give life to believable Non-Player Characters (NPCs) . Research shows that emotions play a key role in determining the behavior of individuals. In order to improve the believability of NPCs’ behavior, we propose in this article a model of the dynamics of emotions taking into account the personality and the social relations of the...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the work was the analysis of personality traits of men serving a custodial sentence for driving under the influence of alcohol. METHODS The study included 44 males serving a custodial sentence for drink driving, 45 males serving a custodial sentence for assault and robbery as well as 32 men with no criminal record, who had never driven a motor vehicle under the influence...

Previous studies in positive psychology have indicated that work satisfaction is an important determinant of individual well-being. Research has suggested that people are most satisfied with their work when they are doing what they are drawn to naturally. We provide further evidence on this issue from a large representative data set, the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). The 2005 wave of the ...

The Effect of Personality Traits on Subject Choice and Performance in High School: Evidence from an English Cohort This paper investigates the relationship between personality traits in adolescence and performance in high school using a large and recent cohort study. In particular, we investigate the impact of locus of control, self-esteem and work ethics at age 15, on test scores at age 16, an...