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Neuroticism and ABO blood types
Author(s) -
Rinieris P. M.,
Christodoulou G. N.,
Stefanis C. N.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1980.tb00885.x
Subject(s) - neuroticism , abo blood group system , eysenck personality questionnaire , personality , phenotype , neurosis , psychology , big five personality traits , clinical psychology , extraversion and introversion , hysteria , personality assessment inventory , incidence (geometry) , psychiatry , medicine , biology , genetics , social psychology , physics , gene , optics
In an attempt to interpret previous findings of a higher incidence of blood phenotype A and a lower incidence of blood phenotype 0 in patients with either obsessive‐compulsive neurosis or hysteria, it was hypothesized that phenotype 0 might be associated with personality traits that render the individual less prone to developing neurotic symptoms. To test the validity of this hypothesis Form A of the Eysenck Personality Inventory was administered to 600 normal individuals and their ABO phenotype was determined. Our results failed to support the above hypothesis, because the blood phenotype of the participants did not differentiate them with respect to their mean neuroticism score. The possibility of an association between ABO blood phenotypes and other, more specific, personality traits, such as hysteroid or obsessional is presently under investigation.