We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Miyokard İnfarktüsü Geçiren Kişilerde Mizaç ve Karakter Boyutları ve Öfke, Anksiyete ve Depresyon Düzeyleri.
- Authors
Arslan, Haluk; Arkar, Haluk; Danaoğlu, Zülfikar
- Abstract
Objectives: There are psychological factors to play a part in Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), besides many of medical risk factors. There are too many studies which demonstrate personality types such as type-A or type-D personality that bring forward at recent times, related with CHD. Furthermore, anger is accepted one of psychological risc factor for CHD. A lot of studies had been exposed that depression can also predict mortality in CHD. In this study, we investigated the relationships between MI and temperament and character dimensions, levels of anger, anxiety, and depression of patients. Method: 40 patients with MI and demografic variables matched 40 healthy persons were included in this study. Each of groups had been given Temperament and Character Inventory for determination of personality features, The State Trait Anger Scale for anger condotions and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale for psychological well-being. In terms of temperament and character features, anger state, anxiety and depression, relation between MI patient group and normal group were statistically analyzed with MANOVA. Results: MI patients were characterized by higher rates of Reward Dependence temperament dimension, and trait anger and anger expression-out. Conclusion: When compared with healthy volunteers, MI patients have significantly higher reward dependence and anger scales scores. MI patients could not express their anger easily and have difficulty in anger control than did healthy volunteers.
- Subjects
MYOCARDIAL infarction; TEMPERAMENT; MENTAL depression; ANXIETY; ANGER; PERSONALITY; CORONARY disease; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors
- Publication
Klinik Psikiyatri Dergisi, 2011, Vol 14, Issue 3, p143
- ISSN
1302-0099
- Publication type
Article