PERSONALITY TRAIT OF ASTHMATIC CHILDREN

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To study the characteristics of personality in children with bronchial asthma, we examined 89 asthmatic and 71 healthy children in terms of sex and age (1-4 grades, 5, 6 grades at elementary school) using the Yatabe-Guilford (Y-G) Personality Inventory which measures conscious aspects of parsonality and the Picture Frustration (PF) Study which measures unconscious aspects of personality. There were two major findings. 1) A finding of both tests showed that there were sex and age differences the characteristics of the personality of asthmatic children. Especially in the PF Study asthmatic boys in 5, 6 grades were inclined to be more aggressive, but asthmatic girls in 5, 6 grades were inclined to conform themselves to the social environment around them to an excessive degree as compared to the results of children in 1-4 grades. 2) The results of asthmatic children in 5, 6 grades on the Y-G Personality Inventory significantly differed from their results on the PF Study as compared to the results of children in 1-4 grades. It is suggested that the batteries of psychological tests could help us to examine various aspects of personality of asthmatic children.
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