When the examination of Gordon began on January 17, 1929, I was far more interested in comparing his responses with those of his previous examination in July, 1928, than in observing the boy himself. This attitude may be explained by the fact that he is none too attractive a youngster either in appearance or in personality. Even a first impression of that protruding jaw and those thick shapeles...

BACKGROUND Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is a multisystemic disease. The central nervous system is affected by cognitive, affective, and personality disturbances. A characteristic behavior was noted from the first clinical descriptions, but no definitive conclusions have been drawn despite extensive debate. As DM is a genetic disease of well-defined abnormality, it may be a good model for understandi...

PURPOSE Even though many studies have indicated that the personality of medical students affects learning style and academic achievement, the effect of personality types on the performance skill tests has not been well known in the medical field due to the rarity of published papers. Thus, the aim of this study was to reveal the effect of personal traits on clinical skill performance tests. M...

child abuse is widely regarded as a cause of mental health problem in adult life this article examines the impact of child abuse on personality and emotional characteristics in adolescents. abused adolescents(n< 29) were compared with normal adolescents (n

Previous research using conventional psychometric questionnaires has highlighted the importance of aligning compatible personality types in software development teams. However, there does not exist a dedicated, robust questionnaire instrument for revealing the pertinent personality types for software development practitioners. This study analyzes the validity and reliability of a 70-item (conte...

Research has demonstrated that job complexity moderates the validity of general mental ability (GMA), the relationship between personality and job satisfaction, and the relationship between GMA and job satisfaction. However, no published research has investigated whether job complexity moderates the criterion validity of the Five-Factor Model (FFM) of personality for predicting job performance....