@article{ref1,
title="Personality change following head injury: assessment with the NEO Five-Factor Inventory",
journal="Journal of psychosomatic research",
year="1997",
author="Lannoo, E. and de Deyne, C. and Colardyn, F. and de Soete, G. and Jannes, C.",
volume="43",
number="5",
pages="505-511",
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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3999",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}