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Comparison of self-ratings with informant-ratings of pre-morbid personality on two personality rating scales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

David Dodwell
David Dodwell*
Affiliation:
From the University Department of Neurology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester
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1Address for correspondence: Dr David Dodwell, University Department of Psychiatry, Rawnsley Building, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL.
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Synopsis

In a study of pre-morbid personality in 56 head-injured subjects, subjects' self-ratings of pre-morbid personality were compared with informants' ratings of the subjects' pre-morbid personality on two personality questionnaires (the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI) and the Marke-Nyman Temperament Scale (MNTS)). Correlations between self-ratings and informantratings were positive and significant for all three MNTS and for EPI Extraversion and Lie scales, but not for EPI Neuroticism, where the lack of subject-informant correlation was attributed to contamination of the self-rating of the trait measure by current abnormalities of mental state. Further analyses supported previous evidence that the MNTS ‘Validity’ scale may predict the development of psychiatric symptoms.

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Research Article
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , May 1988 , pp. 495 - 501
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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