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Introversion‐extraversion and psychiatric diagnoses: A test of eysenck's hypothesis
Author(s) -
Hughes Ronald C.,
Johnson Ray W.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197507)31:3<426::aid-jclp2270310309>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - extraversion and introversion , psychology , citation , test (biology) , medical diagnosis , personality , state (computer science) , psychiatric diagnosis , psychiatry , psychoanalysis , library science , big five personality traits , medicine , computer science , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , paleontology , pathology , algorithm , biology
Eysenck has stated that dysthymics were introverted and psychopaths were extraverted This study tested this hypothesis. The Ss were 28 male and 7 female inpatients from a state mental hospital. Twenty were diagnosed as neurotics, 15 as psychopaths. The sample was divided into extravert-introvert groups on the basis of scores on the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator. Chi-square analysis revealed no significant differences in patient distribution by type and diagnosis. It was concluded that extraversion-introversion scores would not aid in the diagnosis of neurosis or psychopathy.