title: Comparison of self-ratings with informant-ratings of pre-morbid personality on two personality rating scales.
abstract: In a study of pre-morbid personality in 56 head-injured subjects, subjects' self-ratings of pre-morbid personality were compared with informants' ratings of the subjects' pre-morbid personality on two personality questionnaires (the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI) and the Marke-Nyman Temperament Scale (MNTS]. Correlations between self-ratings and informant-ratings were positive and significant for all three MNTS and for EPI Extraversion and Lie scales, but not for EPI Neuroticism, where the lack of subject-informant correlation was attributed to contamination of the self-rating of the trait measure by current abnormalities of mental state. Further analyses supported previous evidence that the MNTS 'Validity' scale may predict the development of psychiatric symptoms.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Neurology, Manchester Royal Infirmary.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dodwell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology*; D005120:Extraversion, Psychological; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D010556:Personality Tests / Q000379:methods*; D011594:Psychometrics; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000523:psychology*