Is type-D personality trait(s) or state? An examination of type-D temporal stability in older Israeli adults in the community

Zohar, Ada H.

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“…Zoha et al found temporal stability for the prevalence of Type D in healthy Israeli adults, the prevalence at baseline was 25.3%, which was not statistically different from the prevalence six years later. 20 A study by Jellesma et al shows that the prevalence of type D personality remained stable in Dutch schoolchildren over a period of eighteen months. 21 Ossola et al similarly showed that the prevalence of type D was stable over twelve months in Italian intensive care coronary patients.…”

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Four years stability of type D personality in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis and its implications for psychological impairment

Aguayo-Carreras

Ruiz‐Carrascosa

Ruiz‐Villaverde

et al. 2021

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

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Background Psoriasis is a systemic auto-inflammatory disease that is related to an increased risk of organic and psychological comorbidities. Type D is a stable personality trait in healthy subjects but there is no data regarding its stability in patients with moderate-severe psoriasis. Objectives To assess the stability of type D personality in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis as well as assessing the influence of type D personality on anxiety and depression. Methods Prospective cohort study. Forty psoriasis patients with type D personality and sixty-six patients with psoriasis without type D personality were included in the study. Participants completed the DS14 test and HADS at baseline and four years later. Results At baseline, the prevalence of type D personality was 37.7% and at week 208 it was 27.3%. The stability of type D personality was higher in patients with an incomplete education level and in those who were separated/divorced or windowed. During follow-up, 15% of patients developed type D personality. Male sex, having topical treatment, the presence of previous depression, anxiety, and high levels of negative affectivity at baseline increase the risk of developing type D personality. Study limitations Sample size, psoriasis severity restricted to moderate and severe and all patients being under treatment for psoriasis. Conclusions The presence of type D personality varies over time in psoriasis patients. Therefore, type D personality is possibly more a state than a trait phenomenon, modified by environmental factors. Type D personality is associated with a higher risk of anxiety.

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Four years stability of type D personality in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis and its implications for psychological impairment

Aguayo-Carreras

Ruiz‐Carrascosa

Ruiz‐Villaverde

et al. 2021

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

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“…In research among general population in Australia, type D was recorded in 39.7% of respondents, while in analyses for the British and Irish populations, 38.5% of participants were classified as type D [23,24]. In Germany, in a study conducted in 2010 among the general population, there was a lower prevalence of distressed personality -31%, in Israel in 2011-24.1% (adult volunteers), and in Taiwan in 2013 (general population) -16% [25][26][27]. Studies conducted in Poland, mainly in selected professional groups, have shown that type D personality characterized 27.8% -45.6% of healthcare workers, 30.1% of secondary school teachers, and 43% of students who specialize in dietetics [28][29][30][31].…”

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Type D personality in obese patients, including selected aspects of body image

Buczkowska,

Górski,

Malinowska-Borowska

et al. 2023

Med Og Nauk Zdr.

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Introduction and Objective.Obesity is a disease that develops due to the occurrence or co-occurrence of various factors. So far, it has not been possible to link a selected personality type to obesity, but many of the traits observed in obese people are reflected in the type D personality. Understanding a patient›s personality type or selected traits of this personality, allow improvement of the psychological functioning of the patient in the disease. This is particularly important in the case of chronic diseases, to which obesity belongs. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of type D personality among obese patients. There was also an attempt to assess the relationship between body perception and the occurrence of stress personality among obese people. Materials and method. The study group consisted of 443 patients with BMI ≥30 kg/m2, hospitalized in selected hospital facilities in the Silesia Province inj south-west Poland. The following research tools were used: the author's questionnaire, Type D Scale-14 (DS14), and the Body Image Questionnaire (KWCO-40). Results. The prevalence of type D personality among obese patients was almost 40%. The actual prevalence of type D personality among obese patients was within 95% CI: (33.6% -42.6%), while non-type D personality was within 95% CI: (28.3% -37.1%), and intermediate personality within 95% CI: (24.8% -33.3%). The most dissatisfaction with body image was found among respondents with type D personality, women, and those with Class III obesity. Conclusions. Understanding and identifying the factors that influence the increasing problem of obesity is difficult, but based on the present study, the assumption is made that personality type may play a role in the development of this disorder.

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“…Thus gaining or losing one point on either of the subscales due to an individual’s actual change or due to measurement error is enough to change the personality status. In a community sample of older adults who self-reported on the DS14 at baseline and six years later, 56.9% of individuals who were Type D at time2 had been Type D at time1 ( Zohar, 2016 ). For children in the community ( Jellesma, 2008 ) measured twice at a 18-month interval only 42.9% of those who were Type D at time2 had been Type D at time1.…”

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An exploratory study of adolescent response to fluoxetine using psychological and biological predictors

Zohar

Eilat

Amitai

et al. 2018

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BackgroundNot enough is known about predicting therapeutic response to serotonin-specific reuptake inhibitors, and specifically to fluoxetine. This exploratory study used psychological and biological markers for (retrospective) prediction of treatment-response to fluoxetine in depressed and/or anxious adolescents.MethodsForty-one consecutive adolescent outpatients with a primary diagnosis of severe affective and/or anxiety disorders were assessed and treated with an open-label 8-week trial of fluoxetine. Type D personality was assessed with the 14-item questionnaire, the DS14. In addition, TNFα, IL-6, and IL-1b were measured pre- and post-treatment.ResultsThere was an elevation of Type D personality in patients, compared to the adolescent population rate. Post-treatment, 44% of patients were classified as non-responders; the relative risk of non-response for Type D personality patients was 2.8. Binary logistic regression predicting response vs. non-response showed a contribution of initial TNFα levels as well as Type D personality to non-response.ConclusionsIn this exploratory study, the most significant contributor to non-response was Type D personality. However, the measurement of Type D was not prospective, and thus may be confounded with psychiatric morbidity. The measurement of personality in psychiatric settings may contribute to the understanding of treatment response and have clinical utility.

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Is type-D personality trait(s) or state? An examination of type-D temporal stability in older Israeli adults in the community

Cited by 9 publications

References 26 publications

Four years stability of type D personality in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis and its implications for psychological impairment

Four years stability of type D personality in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis and its implications for psychological impairment

Type D personality in obese patients, including selected aspects of body image

An exploratory study of adolescent response to fluoxetine using psychological and biological predictors

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