title: Temperament profile in patients with central serous chorioretinopathy: a case-control study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess temperament in patients with central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR) compared to healthy controls.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 32 patients diagnosed with acute CSCR and 30 healthy controls matched by age and sex were assessed with the self-report Cloninger's Temperament and Character Inventory. Central serous chorioretinopathy was diagnosed based on fluorescein angiography and spectral optical coherence tomography.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significantly higher mean scores of harm avoidance in patients with CSCR were found. Differences also were noted in subscales of novelty-seeking and reward dependence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The patients with CSCR demonstrated less exploratory behaviors, higher risk avoidance, restraint, and low extravagance. They were more quick-tempered, disorganized, and easily frustrated, with a tendency to avoid negative and potentially harmful stimuli, less tolerance to frustration, higher level of insecurity, and higher level of anticipatory anxiety.
authors.affiliation: 1 Clinical Neuropsychology Department and Unit, The Nicolaus Copernicus University, The Ludwik Rydygier's Collegium Medicum, Bydgoszcz - Poland.
authors.forename: Malgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piskunowicz
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jaracz
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lesiewska
authors.forename: Grazyna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Malukiewicz
authors.forename: Marzenna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brozek-Pestka
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borkowska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D056833:Central Serous Chorioretinopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013694:Temperament; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence