Associations of working models of the self and other with Cloninger's personality dimensions

The present study examined the associations of working models of the self and other, one of the key concepts of Bowlby's attachment theory, with the seven dimensions of Cloninger's personality model. The subjects were 542 healthy Japanese volunteers. Working models of the self and other were assessed by the Relationship Scales Questionnaire, and the seven dimensions of personality were evaluated by the Temperament and Character Inventory. In the correlation analysis, the self-model was correlated most strongly with self-directedness (SD) (r=0.50, P

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - September 26, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Koichi Otani, Akihito Suzuki, Yoshihiko Matsumoto, Masanori Enokido, Fumikazu Kuwahata, Nana Takahashi Source Type: research