Personality functioning in patients with a progressive course of multiple sclerosis.
This study intended to describe general personality functioning in patients with a progressive course of multiple sclerosis. 55 consecutive rehabilitation inpatients with progressive course of multiple sclerosis were assessed with a multimethod test battery: the Expanded Disability Status Scale, the Beck Depression Inventory, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, and the Rorschach Test administered and scored with Comprehensive System. The control group comprised 55 healthy participants with similar sociodemographic characteristics. Specific differences were found for both cognitive and affective aspects, as the patients with progressive course of multiple sclerosis had less positive self-image, less effective mediation processing, and an affective approach to reality. Present data illustrated the usefulness of examining patients with a progressive course of multiple sclerosis to identify abilities and difficulties in cognitive and affective patterns, and support better adaptation to relationships and the environment.
Dipartimento di Neuroriabilitazione, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Ospedale San Camillo, Via Alberoni 70, 30126 Venezia, Italia. rilorio@libero.it
Rita
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Lorio
Giuseppe
G
Moressa
Francesca
F
Meneghello
Silvia
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Salcuni
Maria Rosaria
MR
Stabile
Alessandro
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Zennaro
Laura
L
Ferro
Paolo
P
Tonin
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020528:Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Progressive / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012392:Rorschach Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012649:Self Concept; D012803:Sick Role