Citation

Lannoo E, de Deyne C, Colardyn F, de Soete G, Jannes C. J. Psychosom. Res. 1997; 43(5): 505-511.

Affiliation

Department of Neuropsychology, University Gent, Belgium. Engelien.Lannoo@rug.ac.be

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9394267

Abstract

We evaluated personality change following head injury in 68 patients at 6 months postinjury using the NEO Five-Factor Inventory to assess the five personality dimensions of the Five-Factor Model of Personality. All items had to be rated twice, once for the preinjury and once for the current status. Twenty-eight trauma patients with injuries to other parts of the body than the head were used as controls. For the head-injured group, 63 relatives also completed the questionnaire. The results showed no differences between the ratings of head-injured patients and the ratings of trauma control patients. Both groups showed significant change in the personality dimensions Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Conscientiousness. Compared to their relatives, head-injured patients report a smaller change in Extraversion and Conscientiousness. Changes were not reported on the Openness and Agreeableness scales, by neither the head-injured or their relatives, nor by the trauma controls.

Language: en