title: Muscle tension and personality.
abstract: Studied the relationship between skeletal muscle activity and personality variables as measured by the MMPI in 17 male and 51 female patients (most with chronic pain) in a large general hospital. After administration of the MMPI, muscle activity was measured from the frontalis. A biserial correlation coefficient was calculated between muscle tension and each of 12 MMPI scales. The high-tension group obtained a significantly higher score on scale L and a significantly lower score on scale PD.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D010551:Personality; D012925:Social Conformity