The authors administered the Korean-standardized Cattell's 16 Personality Factors Questionnaire to three groups: 35 patients with unipolar affective disorder. 35 patients with bipolar affective disorder, and 35 healthy subjects. Patients were
evaluated
after their symptoms disappeared.
In first stratum source traits, patients with bipolar affective disorder demonstrated significantly more A-factor and E-factor than patients with unipolar affective disorder to healthy controls. The H-factor significantly differentiated 3 groups
from
each other. The patients with unipolar effective disorder demonstrated significantly more F-factor. L-factor. O-factor. Q4-factor than patients with bipolar affective disorder or healthy controls.
In second stratum source traits, the EXT-factor and IND-factor significantly differentiated 3 groups. from each other. The patients with unipolar affective disorder demonstrated significantly more ANX-factor than patients with bipolar affective
disorder
or healthy controls.
The above findings suggest that patients with unipolar affective disorder are dependent and introverted. And they show characteristics like desurgency, shyness, trustfulness, guilt-proness, tension, and anxiety more often. They also suggest the
patients
with bipolar affective disorder are extroverted independent, and show characteristics like warmth, dominance, and boldness more often.
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