高 血 壓 과 人 性

HYPERTENSION AND PERSONALITY

The author tried to evaluate the personality trends of patients with essential hypertension with appli cation of M.M.P.I. test. Materials were consisted of cases with proven diagnosis of essential hypertension. Results of this study were as follow 1) Mean age of the subjects was one decade lower in comparison with that of the patients with hypertension of other origins. 2) Educational background of the subjects was relatively higher than that of other hypertensive group was: 71.25% of the subjects were graduated from more than high school. 3) In occupatonal status of the subjects, the white colors were more dominant. 4) M.M.P.I. score of the subjects was higher in HS,D, and Hy scales than those of normal ones. But the scores were lower than those of the neuro-tics. 5) Pd scores in male subject and Hy in the female were as high as neurotic level. 6) Anxiety index was 51.60 in male subject and 53.51 in the female. There was significant correl- aticms with the normal and the neurotic. 7) Internalization rate was almost similar to that of the normal.