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Over‐representation of Myers Briggs type indicator introversion in social phobia patients
Author(s) -
Janowsky David S.,
Morter Shirley,
Tancer Manuel
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
depression and anxiety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.634
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1520-6394
pISSN - 1091-4269
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1520-6394(2000)11:3<121::aid-da6>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - psychology , extraversion and introversion , normative , personality psychology , population , clinical psychology , personality , specific phobia , psychiatry , anxiety disorder , big five personality traits , anxiety , medicine , social psychology , philosophy , environmental health , epistemology
The purpose of this study is to profile the personalities of patients with social phobia. Sixteen patients with social phobia were compared with a normative population of 55,971, and with 24 hospitalized Major Depressive Disorder inpatients, using the Myers Briggs Type Indicator. The Myers Briggs Type Indicator, a popular personality survey, divides individuals into eight categories: Extroverts versus Introverts, Sensors versus Intuitives, Thinkers versus Feelers, and Judgers versus Perceivers. Social phobia patients were significantly more often Introverts (93.7%) than were subjects in the normative population (46.2%). In addition, using continuous scores, the social phobia patients scored as significantly more introverted than did the patients with Major Depressive Disorder, who also scored as Introverted. Introversion is a major component of social phobia, and this observation may have both etiological and therapeutic significance. Depression and Anxiety 11:121–125, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.