The British Journal of Psychiatry (1970) 117: 645-648. doi: 10.1192/bjp.117.541.645
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Neurotic Symptoms, Personality and Personal Constructs

D. J. SMAIL B.A., Ph.D.1

1 Principal Psychologist, Nottingham Area Psychological Service, Saxondale Hospital Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottingham

It is hypothesized that a measure of `thinking introversion/extraversion' will be related to psychic vs. somatic symptomatology, as well as to the production by subjects (neurotic patients) of `psychological' versus `objective' personal constructs, and to a wider vs. narrower range of constructs. Statistical analysis provides a good measure of support for this hypothesis, although a relationship with age is noted for some measures. The implications of these findings are discussed, and comparisons are drawn between them and findings in former studies concerning the relationship between personality variables and treatment preferences of mental hospital staff.

Submitted on November 10, 1969