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Hysterical traits and variability of mood in normal men

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Peter V. Rabins  and
Phillip R. Slavney
Peter V. Rabins*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oregon Health Sciences Center, Portland, Oregon, and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Phillip R. Slavney
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oregon Health Sciences Center, Portland, Oregon, and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr Peter V. Rabins, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Broadway, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
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Synopsis

In a study of 40 normal men it was found that self-ratings on variability of mood were positively correlated with self-ratings on hysterical traits. These results are similar to those found in normal women and lend support both to the validity of the concept of hysterical personality and to the idea that men and women experience fluctuations of mood in a similar way.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , May 1979 , pp. 301 - 304
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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