Original scientific paper

PERSONALITY PROFILES OF PATIENTS WITH DYSTHYMIC AND PANIC DISORDER

Borjanka Batinic ; Clinic of Psychiatry, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia; Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Psychology, Belgrade, Serbia
Biljana Saula-Marojevic ; Clinic of Psychiatry, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Tatjana Vukosavljevic-Gvozden ; Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Psychology, Belgrade, Serbia

Abstract

Background: The research objective was to identify personality characteristics as well as similarities between, and differences in
personality profiles of persons suffering from Dysthymic (DD) and Panic Disorder (with/without Agoraphobia) (PD/PDA).
Subjects and methods: Three groups (N=120) were analysed: DD, PD/PDA, and a healthy control group, matched by sociodemographic
characteristics and classified in sub-groups according to gender. Diagnoses were made using the Structured Clinical
Interview for DSM-IV DD and PD/PDA, and the personality assessment was made using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality
Inventory 201 (MMPI-201).
Results: MMPI-201 profile of DD and PD/PDA groups has been characterised by a global increase of “neurotic triad” scales
(Depression-Hypochondriasis-Hysteria) (D-Hs-Hy), more expressed in the DD group. Sub-groups of women and men with DD, when
compared to the healthy control group, have a significant (p<0.01) increase on the F, Hs, D, Pd, Pa, Pt and Sc scales, and subgroups
with PD/PDA a significant (p<0.01) increase on the F, Hs, D, Hy, Pa, Pt and Sc scales. Scores on the F, D, Hy, Hs, Pt, and
Sc scales were significantly higher (p<0.05), as well as on the scale Pa (p<0.01) in men suffering from DD than in the PD/PDA subgroup.
Women suffering from DD, when compared to the PD/PDA women, showed a significant increase (p<0.05) on the F and Hy
scales.
Conclusion: Personality profiles of persons suffering from DD and PD/PDA are very similar, with differences being more
dimensional than qualitative. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings have been discussed.

Keywords

personality profiles - dysthymic disorder - panic disorder - MMPI-2

Hrčak ID:

161164

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/161164

Publication date:

10.6.2013.

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