Open AccessProblem of personality in psychosomatic medicine
Author(s) -
Rimantas Kočiūnas
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
psichologija
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2345-0061
pISSN - 1392-0359
DOI - 10.15388/psichol.1983.4.9142
Subject(s) - personality , psychosomatic medicine , psychology , big five personality traits , clinical psychology , 16pf questionnaire , big five personality traits and culture , psychotherapist , social psychology
The problem of participation of personality traits in rising of psychosomatic diseases is reviewed. Two aspects of the problem are discussed: the possible existence of specific premorbid personality structure in patients with different psychosomatic diseases (within the framework of psychological specificity concept) and personality traits common to many psychosomatic patients (alexithymic personality). It is concluded that only complex investigation of the aforesaid aspects may help to determine the role of personality factor in rising and course of psychosomatic diseases.