title: Complex partial epileptic-like signs contribute differential sources of variance to low self-esteem and imaginings.
abstract: 64 university men and 55 university women displayed correlations (r = 0.40) between two psychometric inventories that have been employed to study subclinical complex partial epileptic-like signs in normal and traumatically brain-injured people. Although psychometric inferences of self-esteem and reports of childhood memories and imaginings were not significantly associated, both indicators of complex partial epileptic-like signs showed significantly positive associations with fantasy-prone behavior but significantly negative correlations with self-esteem. Subsequent analyses supported the vectorial hemisphericity model that elevated mesiobasal limbic activity may enhance imaginings while frequent intrusions into awareness of right-hemispheric indicators would be also associated with lower self-esteem. Lower self-esteem was correlated significantly with reported fears and phobias for the women but not for the men.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Persinger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D017029:Epilepsy, Complex Partial / Q000523:psychology*; D005201:Fantasy; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011594:Psychometrics; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors