BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: A healthy diet has been reported to be associated with physical development, cognition and academic performance, and personality during adolescence. This study was performed to investigate the relationships among milk consumption and academic performance, learning motivation and strategies, and personality among Korean adolescents. SUBJECTS/METHODS: The study was divided into two parts. The first part was a survey on the relationship between milk consumption and academic performance, in which intakes of milk and milk products and academic scores were examined in percentiles among 630 middle and high school students residing in small and medium-sized cities in 2009. The second part was a survey on the relationships between milk consumption and learning motivation and strategy as well as personality, in which milk consumption habits were collected and Learning Motivation and Strategy Test (L-MOST) for adolescents and Total Personality Inventory for Adolescents (TPI-A) were conducted in 262 high school students in 2011. RESULTS: In the 2009 survey, milk and milk product intakes of subjects were divided into a low intake group (LM: ≤ 60.2 g/day), medium intake group (MM: 60.3-150.9 g/day), and high intake group (HM: ≥ 151.0 g/day). Academic performance of each group was expressed as a percentile, and performance in Korean, social science, and mathematics was significantly higher in the HM group (P < 0.05). In the 2011 survey, the group with a higher frequency of everyday milk consumption showed significantly higher "learning strategy total," "testing technique," and "resources management technique" scores (P < 0.05) in all subjects. However, when subjects were divided by gender, milk intake frequency, learning strategy total, class participation technique, and testing technique showed significantly positive correlations (P < 0.05) in boys, whereas no correlation was observed in girls. Correlations between milk intake frequency and each item of the personality test were only detected in boys, and milk intake frequency showed positive correlations with "total agreeability", "organization", "responsibility", "conscientiousness", and "intellectual curiosity" (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Intakes of milk and milk products were correlated with academic performance (Korean, social science, and mathematics) in Korean adolescents. In male high school students, particularly, higher milk intake frequency was positively correlated with learning motivation and strategy as well as some items of the personality inventory.
Adolescent* ; Cognition ; Diet ; Female ; Humans ; Learning* ; Male ; Mathematics ; Milk* ; Motivation* ; Personality Inventory ; Personality Tests ; Social Sciences

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to confirm whether brain disease or brain trauma actually affect psychopathology in young male group in Korea. METHODS: The authors manually reviewed the result of Korean military multiphasic personal inventory (KMPI) in the examination of conscription in Korea from January 2008 to May 2010. There were total 237 young males in this review. Normal volunteers group (n=150) was composed of those who do not have history of brain disease or brain trauma. Brain disease group (n=33) was consisted of those with history of brain disease. Brain trauma group (n=54) was consisted of those with history of brain trauma. The results of KMPI in each group were compared. RESULTS: Abnormal results of KMPI were found in both brain disease and trauma groups. In the brain disease group, higher tendencies of faking bad response, anxiety, depression, somatization, personality disorder, schizophrenic and paranoid psychopathy was observed and compared to the normal volunteers group. In the brain trauma group, higher tendencies of faking-good, depression, somatization and personality disorder was observed and compared to the normal volunteers group. CONCLUSION: Young male with history of brain disease or brain trauma may have higher tendencies to have abnormal results of multiphasic personal inventory test compared to young male without history of brain disease or brain trauma, suggesting that damaged brain may cause psychopathology in young male group in Korea.
Anxiety ; Brain ; Brain Diseases ; Brain Injuries ; Depression ; Humans ; Korea ; Male ; Military Personnel ; Personality Disorders ; Personality Inventory ; Personality Tests ; Physical Examination ; Psychopathology ; Young Adult

The objective of this study was to evaluate college students' dietary and health behaviors in relation to their Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality preferences. Dietary and health behaviors were surveyed for 444 college students who performed the MBTI personality test. Only 6.1% of the subjects regularly had three meals a day, while 27.1% ate breakfast every day. Fifty-six point nine percent of the students took less than 15 minutes to eat a meal and had the habit of eating fast. The number of food groups they ate was, on average, 2.74 and was eaten mainly at dinner. This showed that college students did not eat a large variety of foods. Eighty-two percent of the subjects drank alcoholic beverages, 21.4% smoked, and 69.3% exercised. In addition, 73.9% of them were not satisfied with their body image, but they were not eager to try weight control. There were not many significant differences between Extraversion (E)-Introversion (I), Sensing (S)-iNtuition (N), and Thinking (T)-Feeling (F) in their dietary and heath behaviors, although some gender differences existed. Significantly better dietary and health behaviors were shown in subjects preferring Judging (J) rather than Perceiving (P). There behaviors included eating breakfast, regularly eating three meals a day, smoking less, exercising more and having a lower tendency to night-eating. The personality preference of J-P could be useful index for nutritional education and counseling or behavior modification programs for obese people.
Alcoholic Beverages ; Behavior Therapy ; Body Image ; Breakfast ; Counseling ; Eating ; Education ; Extraversion (Psychology) ; Health Behavior* ; Humans ; Meals ; Personality Inventory* ; Personality Tests ; Smoke ; Smoking ; Thinking

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a personality type test book, which is widely used in the field of personal counseling, team organization, school education and research. This study carried out MBTI of 361 medical students in the second grade of premedical course of Keimyung University School of Medicine from 2014 to 2018, and analyzed the data to use them for the students' education. The personality type was mostly distributed to ISTJ, ISTP, ESTP and ESTJ in order among 16 types. According to preference tendency, it was found out that the introverted type was extroverted, the recognition type was intuition type, the thinking type was emotional type, and the recognition type was more distributed than the judgment type. The psychological functions were ST, SF, NF, NT. MBTI type analysis of medical students shows that it is possible to organize members in group activities to improve their ability to understand themselves and understand others in class scenes. In addition, we expect to be able to design for improvement of stress management, conflict management, and communication ability. In the career counseling scene, in addition to the MBTI data analysis, it is expected that it will be possible to recommend a major suitable for the student personality type in parallel with other psychological tests. In addition, we expect to study the preferred field of study, satisfaction with the major in the future research by continuous data accumulation and analysis.
Communication ; Counseling ; Education ; Education, Medical* ; Humans ; Intuition ; Judgment ; Personality Inventory ; Psychological Tests ; Statistics as Topic ; Students, Medical* ; Thinking ; Vocational Guidance

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the influence of allergic rhinitis on negative emotion. METHOD: One hundred and ninety cases with allergic rhinitis as observer group were investigated by state-trait anxiety inventory (STAI) and self-rating depressive scale (SDS). According to pathogenetic condition, patients were divided into persistent allergic rhinitis 71 cases (A group) and intermittent allergic rhinitis 119 cases (B group). Meanwhile, 190 healthy persons as control group were compared with observer group. RESULT: (1) The main allergens of allergic rhinitis were dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, dermatophagoides farina, pollen, and epiphyte, which the skin index was above "++" by skin prick test. (2) The state anxiety score of observer group (42.17±16.21) was significantly higher than control group (38.78±16.54), t=2.02, P<0.05. There were no difference in trait anxiety between observer group and control group (41.25±16.16 vs. 41.19±16.84), P>0.05. The anxiety scores of female in A and B groups were higher than that of female in control group (43.77±15.76, 42.93±15.58 vs 38.44±15.71), P<0.05. (3) The score of SDS in A and B group was significantly higher than that of control group (37.78±9.22, 39.65±9.87 vs 35.24±7.81), P<0.01. The rate of depression in observer group (11.6%, 22/190) was significantly higher than that of control group (2.6%, 5/190), Χ2=11.52, P<0.01. CONCLUSION The allergic rhinitis may cause patients anxiety and depression, especially for female, but patients with allergic rhinitis have no significant trait anxiety.
Allergens ; Animals ; Anxiety ; complications ; Case-Control Studies ; Depression ; complications ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Personality Inventory ; Phenotype ; Pyroglyphidae ; Rhinitis, Allergic ; psychology ; Skin Tests

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the personality and mental health of the objects of substance (caffeine, cocaine, hallucinogens and so on) abstinence who got labor education and rehabilitation. METHODS: 258 male objects and 250 female objects of substance abstinence selected randomly from institutions of labor education and rehabilitation were assessed with MMPI and SCL-90. RESULTS: MMPI tests indicated the personality abnormality in the objects. SCL-90 tests manifested the mental health abnormality of them compared with Chinese models, especially in the female objects. CONCLUSION More attention should be paid on the mental health of the objects of substance abstinence.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Hypochondriasis/psychology* ; MMPI ; Male ; Mental Health ; Middle Aged ; Paranoid Behavior/psychology* ; Personality Disorders/psychology* ; Personality Tests ; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales ; Substance Withdrawal Syndrome ; Substance-Related Disorders/rehabilitation* ; Surveys and Questionnaires

BACKGROUND: Although the cause of hyperhidrosis has not been the subject of close investigation, there are cases for which excessive sweating happens at the hands, feet and armpits due to hyperactivity of the sympathetic nervous system. This usually occurs in people less than 25 years old and it often causes difficulties for their social and occupational life and there is a decrease in the quality of life. Therefore, this should also be examined according to the mental state of the patient who suffers from hyperhidrosis. METHODS: The Minnesota Multiple Personality Inventory was administered to 59 patients in the Hyperhidrosis Center from March, 2006 to March, 2007. The MMPI's validity and 10 clinic standards were analyzed. The results were compared according to gender and age. RESULTS: Of the standard clinical items, psychopathy and conversion hysteria were 21.1% and 17.5%, respectively. On comparison between males (47.5%) and females (52.5%), the females had a higher score for the hypochondriasis item. The patients above 18 years old had a significantly higher level of hypochondriasis and hypomania compared to the patients below 18 years old. CONCLUSIONS: When analyzing the personality of the patients with essential hyperhidrosis with using the MMPI, it was difficult to look for relations with the mental factor. Therefore, it is necessary to develop diagnostic tests for younger people with considering the relations with the period of morbidity.
Conversion Disorder ; Diagnostic Tests, Routine ; Female ; Foot ; Hand ; Humans ; Hyperhidrosis ; Hypochondriasis ; Male ; Minnesota ; MMPI ; Multiple Personality Disorder ; Quality of Life ; Sweat ; Sweating ; Sympathetic Nervous System

OBJECTIVETo study the therapeutic effect of Molida therapy in the out-patient department for patients with III B prostatitis.

METHODSOne hundred and thirty-six patients with II B prostatis accompanied with psychological disorder of different degrees were divided into two groups: Group A (68 cases), treated with routine drug and Molida therapy, and Group B (68 cases), treated with routine drug only. The therapeutic effects of the two groups were analyzed.

RESULTSAfter an 8-week treatment, the scores of self-feeling symptoms of SCL-90, SAS and SDS in Group A were 70.5 +/- 22.3, 18.7 +/- 8.5 and 21.4 +/- 9.0, respectively, significantly lower than those in Group B (P < 0.05) and the rates of efficacy and obvious efficacy in alleviating prostatodynia in Group A were 100% and 72.1%, respectively, both higher than in Group B (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONMolida therapy in the out-patient department is useful in improving the psychological disorder and enhancing the therapeutic effect for patients with III B prostatitis.

Adult ; Humans ; Male ; Mental Disorders ; therapy ; Middle Aged ; Personality Tests ; Prostatitis ; psychology ; therapy ; Psychotherapy

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to examine the factor structure of the Adolescent Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI-A) in a standardized adolescent sample using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). METHODS: For this purpose, three models about factor structure of the PAI-A were explored with EFA in 490 adolescents and then were evaluated with CFA in 268 young offenders. RESULTS: The results showed that the five factor model was considered to be most appropriate for factor structures of the PAI-A in EFA. However, none of the factor models were appropriate for the factor structures of the PAI-A in CFA. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that the "five factor model" is thought to explain the PAI-A the best, but further studies are needed.
Adolescent* ; Criminals ; Factor Analysis, Statistical* ; Humans ; Neuropsychological Tests ; Personality Assessment* ; Psychometrics

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the influence of interpersonal attitude (I+, I-, U+, U-) on communication competence in care workers for frail elderly. METHODS: This study was a cross-sectional survey. The data were collected from 153 care workers for frail elderly using a structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using multiple regression with the SPSS/WIN 20.0 program. RESULTS: The interpersonal attitude style of subjects was I+U+, and the score of communication competence was 3.53. There were significant differences in interpersonal attitude (I+, I-), and communication competence depending on age, education level, experience of personality type test (yes). Factors influencing on communication competence in care workers were interpersonal attitude (I+, I-, U+) and experience of personality type test with R2 value of 48.5% (F=23.47 p<.001). The most influencing factor was I+ (beta=.36), followed by I- (beta=-.22), U+ (beta=.20), and experience of personality type test (yes) (beta=.16). CONCLUSION: It is needed to maintain the interpersonal attitude style (I+U+) of care workers. Continuing education program is needed for increasing communication competence especially for those fifties and over, and experienced care workers. Giving an opportunity for personality test is helpful to increase communication competence in care workers.
Aged ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Education, Continuing ; Frail Elderly ; Humans ; Mental Competency ; Personality Tests ; Surveys and Questionnaires