Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Timo Lajunen, Esma Gaygisiz
Summary: Temperament refers to basic, largely inherited, relatively stable personality traits which have been present since early childhood. This study found that temperament is related to risky driving and drivers' view of themselves as drivers.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Arpi Minassian, John R. Kelsoe, Alannah Miranda, Jared W. Young, William Perry
Summary: Novelty seeking is a tendency to approach new situations, and this study aimed to assess the association between self-reported novelty-seeking traits and laboratory-measured novelty-seeking behavior. The results showed that individuals with high novelty-seeking traits exhibited more motor activity and interactions with novel objects in the laboratory environment. Pharmacological catecholamine challenges did not significantly alter novelty-seeking traits. This study is important for understanding neuropsychiatric conditions and treatment options.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Mathilde Boussac, Christophe Arbus, Olivier Colin, Chloe Laurencin, Alexandre Eusebio, Elodie Hainque, Jean Christophe Corvol, Nathalie Versace, Olivier Rascol, Vanessa Rousseau, Estelle Harroch, Fabienne Ory-Magne, Margherita Fabbri, Caroline Moreau, Anne-Sophie Rolland, Bechir Jarraya, David Maltete, Sophie Drapier, Ana-Raquel Marques, Nicolas Auzou, Thomas Wirth, Mylene Meyer, Bruno Giordana, Melissa Tir, Tiphaine Rouaud, David Devos, Christine Brefel-Courbon
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate personality dimensions in Parkinson's disease patients and compare them with a French cohort. The results showed significant differences in certain personality dimensions between Parkinson's disease patients and the French normative cohort. Moreover, some personality dimensions were found to be associated with anxiety-depressive state, quality of life, and impulsivity.
PARKINSONISM & RELATED DISORDERS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yukihiko Shirayama, Kazuki Matsumoto, Sayo Hamatani, Katsumasa Muneoka, Akihiro Okada, Koichi Sato
Summary: This study evaluated cognitive and affective empathy in adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and found differences in empathy and personality traits compared to a non-ASD control group, providing valuable insights into empathy and personality characteristics in individuals with ASD.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Paulo A. S. Moreira, Richard A. Inman, C. Robert Cloninger
Summary: Research and clinical practice often use representative data to compare and understand the personality characteristics of specific groups or individuals. Recent genomic evidence shows that human personality is organized hierarchically, with multi-trait profiles regulating emotional reactivity and goals/values, and three phenotypic networks regulating learning. This study provides a comprehensive description of personality features at a societal level using a stratified sample of Portuguese adults and highlights the prevalence of different temperament and character profiles.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Henrik Dobewall, Liisa Keltikangas-Jarvinen, Saara Marttila, Pashupati P. Mishra, Aino Saarinen, C. Robert Cloninger, Igor Zwir, Mika Kahonen, Mikko Hurme, Olli Raitakari, Terho Lehtimaki, Mirka Hintsanen
Summary: This study aims to examine the relationship between compassion and longevity, finding that individuals with higher levels of compassion exhibit a biological age that is closer to their chronological age, suggesting that compassion may have an impact on biological aging.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Sumin Hong, Hong Jun Jeon, Jee Hyun Ha
Summary: This study identifies personality traits associated with suicide attempts, particularly novelty seeking, harm avoidance, and self-directedness. These findings are important for understanding and preventing suicidal behavior.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Berin Gulatar Turkoglu, Ipek Midi, Kadriye Agan Yildirim
Summary: This study found that patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) have frontal lobe dysfunction, but the results related to personality traits were not significant.
TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Jeong Hun Yang, Sang Jin Rhee, C. Hyung Keun Park, Min Ji Kim, Daun Shin, Jae Won Lee, Junghyun Kim, Hyeyoung Kim, Hyun Jeong Lee, Kyooseob Ha, Yong Min Ahn
Summary: This study suggests that self-transcendence may mediate the relationship between early trauma and suicide attempts using fatal methods, indicating a potential increase in suicide risk.
JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Da Hye Oh, Doo-Heum Park, Seung-Ho Ryu, Jee Hyun Ha, Hong Jun Jeon
Summary: This study suggests that nearly 50% of patients with panic disorder are likely to exhibit hypomanic or manic symptoms, and certain psychological factors are associated with bipolarity in panic disorder.
WORLD JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Nasrollah Mazraeh, Siamak Khodarahimi, Sonay Sheikhi
Summary: This study explored the predictive role of temperament, character features, and wisdom functioning in helping and non-helping adult individuals during flooding. The findings indicated that individuals in the helping group scored higher in temperament and character measures, as well as demonstrated better performance in wisdom functioning compared to those in the non-helping group.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Tatjana Jukic, Branka Aukst Margetic, Nenad Jaksic, Vlatka Boricevic
Summary: This study found that individuals with gallstones have more pronounced metabolic risk factors, higher prevalence of smoking and alcohol usage, and higher levels of harm avoidance and lower levels of self-directedness. The logistic regression showed that harm avoidance was a significant predictor of the presence of gallstones.
JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Integrative & Complementary Medicine
Han Chae, Young Il Cho, Soo Jin Lee
Summary: The study examined the biopsychological features of Yin-Yang personality using a revised version of the Sasang Personality Questionnaire (rSPQ), finding that the rSPQ demonstrated robust psychometric properties and accurately captured the distinctive psychological characteristics of Yin-Yang. The results highlighted the organized subscale structure and clinical validity of rSPQ, providing a foundation for cross-cultural psychology and integrative medicine research.
INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Paulo A. S. Moreira, Richard A. Inman, C. Robert Cloninger
Summary: Recent research in genomics, psychology, and development indicates that human personality is organized into a complex hierarchy, ranging from individual traits to multi-trait profiles, and finally to integrated temperament-character networks. This study analyzed subjective well-being components (positive affect, negative affect, and life satisfaction) in adolescents and adults, considering personality at various levels of organization. The findings reveal that negative affect and life satisfaction are influenced by the personality network for intentional self-control, while positive affect is influenced by the personality network for self-awareness underlying traits such as longevity, creativity, and prosocial values.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Ali Reza Estedlal, Arash Mani, Hossein Molavi Vardanjani, Mahsa Kamali, Leila Zarei, Seyed Taghi Heydari, Kamran Bagheri Lankarani
Summary: This study found that alcohol intoxicated patients had higher scores of novelty-seeking and self-transcendence, and lower scores of reward-dependency, cooperativeness, and self-directedness. These results suggest that personality traits may influence alcohol abuse behavior, providing a new perspective for future research.
Article
Substance Abuse
Jean-Francois Etter
EUROPEAN ADDICTION RESEARCH
(2015)
Article
Substance Abuse
Jean-Francois Etter, Michael Ussher, John R. Hughes
Editorial Material
Substance Abuse
Jean-Francois Etter
Letter
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Nedialka Douptcheva, Gerhard Gmel, Joseph Studer, Stephane Deline, Jean-Francois Etter
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH
(2013)
Article
Substance Abuse
Jean-Francois Etter, Nina G. Schneider
NICOTINE & TOBACCO RESEARCH
(2013)
Article
Substance Abuse
Jean-Francois Etter
Article
Substance Abuse
Jean-Francois Etter
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Jean-Francois Etter, Yasser Khazaal
Article
Substance Abuse
Jean-Francois Etter, Yasser Khazaal
Summary: In this study, it was found that the Stop-tabac smoking cessation app did not increase smoking cessation rates, but it did increase rates of use of nicotine medications. The participants using the Stop-tabac application had a slightly lower smoking cessation rate compared to the control group after 6 months, but more of them reported that the app helped them quit smoking.
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Jean-Francois Etter
Summary: Large financial incentives increase motivation to quit smoking in smokers who failed to quit despite receiving incentives. This intervention leads to higher intention to quit and more frequent quit attempts, but has no impact on cigarette dependence scores.
ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
(2023)
Article
Substance Abuse
Colin P. Mendelsohn, Wayne Hall, Ron Borland, Alex Wodak, Robert Beaglehole, Neal L. Benowitz, John Britton, Chris Bullen, Jean-Francois Etter, Ann McNeill, Nancy A. Rigotti
Summary: This paper critically analyzes the statement by Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) on e-cigarettes in May 2022. Our assessment finds that the NHMRC Statement is unbalanced, exaggerating the risks of vaping while dismissing the benefits and failing to compare them to the far greater risks of smoking. It also falsely claims that adolescent vaping leads to subsequent smoking, understates the evidence of e-cigarettes' benefits in helping smokers quit, and misapplies the precautionary principle.
Article
Substance Abuse
Germano Vera Cruz, Yasser Khazaal, Jean-Francois Etter
Summary: This study aimed to identify the best predictors of users' engagement with a smoking cessation smartphone app and examine the relationships between predictors and the outcomes related to users' engagement. The results showed that intention to quit smoking, dependence level, perceived helpfulness of the app, quitting smoking after 1 month, self-reported app usage after 1 month, belonging to the experimental group, age, and years of smoking were the top predictors of engagement. These findings can be used to target specific user groups, enroll more smokers, and tailor the app's content to meet users' needs.
EUROPEAN ADDICTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Chin-Shui Shih, Jean-Francois Etter
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH
(2020)
Article
Substance Abuse
Jean-Francois Etter
Article
Substance Abuse
Yasser Khazaal, Anne Chatton, Roberto Prezzemolo, Fadi Zebouni, Yves Edel, Johan Jacquet, Ornella Ruggeri, Emilie Burnens, Gregoire Monney, Anne-Sylvie Protti, Jean-Francois Etter, Riaz Khan, Jacques Cornuz, Daniele Zullino
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PREVENTION AND POLICY
(2013)