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The Relative Stability of Personality Measures Compared with Diagnostic Measures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

G. A. Foulds
G. A. Foulds*
Affiliation:
Runwell Hospital, Wickford, Essex
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In previous investigations (Foulds and Caine, 1958 and 1959) psychoneurotic subjects were classified in terms of the presenting syndrome (Hysteria or Dysthymia) and of the personality type (hysteroid or obsessive) as rated by psychiatrists. It was found that some psychological test measurements differentiated between Hysterics and Dysthymics regardless of personality type; whilst other measures differentiated between hysteroid and obsessive personalities regardless of diagnosis. The successful measures were not, however, identical for men and women. It was argued that one of the advantages of this double classificatory system should be that we would have one set of measures—the diagnostic—which should vary with the patient's clinical condition and another set—the personality measures—which should remain relatively constant.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 105 , Issue 440 , July 1959 , pp. 783 - 787
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1959 

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