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A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 October 2021) | Viewed by 20527

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Prof. Dr. Philipp Yorck Herzberg

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Personality Psychology and Psychological Assessment Unit, Helmut Schmidt University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, 2043 Hamburg, Germany
Interests: personality and quality of life in patients with cancer; personality and health; optimisms; personality and dyadic coping; test development

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Dear Colleagues,

Research and theory suggest that meaningful variance in the onset, clinical course, symptomatic profile, maintenance, duration, and mortality of many disorders (e.g., eating disorders, alcohol disorders) can be explained by certain personality traits (e.g., neuroticism). For all these issues, personality can be both a risk factor (e.g., hostility, perfectionism) and a protective factor (e.g., optimism, conscientiousness). Coping behavior as well as quality of life during an illness and relapse probability are also determined by a patient’s personality and even the personality of his or her partner in the case of dyadic coping. Furthermore, diagnostic and treatment outcomes should take into account personality.

For this Special Issue, we invite both empirical studies and conceptual/theoretical contributions related to the topics described above. We are open to a variety of theoretical and practical as well as methodological perspectives and hope that this Special Issue will be an eclectic and interesting collection of papers with multiple perspectives on the role of personality and clinical applications. We hope that this Special Issue will include experts from a variety of backgrounds and strongly encourage researchers from all subdisciplines in psychology and medicine to participate.

We invite you to contribute your best work to this Special Issue.

We believe that your collaboration in this Special Issue of the Journal of Clinical Medicine, entitled “Personality Psychology: Clinical Application and Future Directions”, may lead to the dissemination of knowledge about the role of personality in clinical medicine, freeing it from prejudices and myths.

Prof. Dr. Philipp Yorck Herzberg
Guest Editor

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narrow-band (e.g., empathy) and broad-band personality dimensions (e.g., Big Five)
individual differences
illness
diagnostic
treatment
compliance
coping

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Measuring and Predicting Maturity to Parenthood: What Has Personality Got to Do with It?

by Ariadna Beata Łada-Maśko and Maria Kaźmierczak

J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10(24), 5802; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10245802 - 11 Dec 2021

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Maturity to parenthood is essential for taking on parental roles but remains an understudied issue. Still, close relations between maturity and personality dimensions are commonly emphasized. Thus, conducting research on maturity in context of personality seems a valuable research direction. The present research consists of two studies, focusing on the development and validation of Maturity to Parenthood Scale (MPS), in relation to personality, emotional regulation, coping with challenges, and intimate relationship satisfaction. In both studies, childless adults aged 20–35 years took part: (1) 718 participants (M_age = 25.49; SD = 2.89; 479 women), (2) 150 participants (M_age = 23.69; SD = 3.15; 104 women). All the participants had been in an intimate relationship for at least six months at the time of the study, the majority declared their willingness to have children in the future, had higher education, and were professionally active. The results showed that MPS is a reliable, valid measure comprising the following three subscales: valence, behavioral, and cognitive–emotional maturity to parenthood. The findings also confirmed the importance of broad- and narrow-band individual differences and contextual factors for maturity. MPS may be used in psychoeducation, supporting the transition to biological or adoptive/foster parenthood, as well as in medical and psychological care. Full article

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Experiences of Adults High in the Personality Trait Sensory Processing Sensitivity: A Qualitative Study

by Sharell Bas, Mariëtte Kaandorp, Zoë P. M. de Kleijn, Wendeline J. E. Braaksma, Anouke W. E. A. Bakx and Corina U. Greven

J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10(21), 4912; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10214912 - 24 Oct 2021

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Sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) is a personality trait reflecting inter-individual differences in sensitivity to negative and positive environmental information. Being high in SPS is associated with increased stress-related problems if environments are unfavourable but also appears to enhance one’s ability to benefit from health-promoting environments. In understanding SPS, therefore, lies the potential for innovating the ways we use to promote mental health. However, as a young research field, the core characteristics of SPS are yet debated. Qualitative research interviewing highly sensitive adults is important to conduct ecologically valid research connected with the complex realities of people. This study was the first to systematically report the perceptions and experiences of SPS characteristics in adults high in this trait. Semi-structured interviews (n = 26) were analysed thematically and described following consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research. Six themes emerged: (1) emotional responding; (2) relatedness to others; (3) thinking; (4) overstimulation; (5) perceiving details; and (6) global SPS characteristics. With regards to coping with negative consequences of high SPS, the main themes were: (1) reducing sensory input and (2) psychological strategies. We gained fine-grained information on experiences of adults high in SPS and derived new hypotheses regarding the fostering of well-being related to high SPS. Full article

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Relationship between Sensory Processing and Quality of Life: A Systematic Review

by Borja Costa-López, Rosario Ferrer-Cascales, Nicolás Ruiz-Robledillo, Natalia Albaladejo-Blázquez and Monika Baryła-Matejczuk

J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10(17), 3961; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10173961 - 31 Aug 2021

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Background: Sensory processing has been described as the ability to register, modulate, and organize sensory information to respond to environmental demands. Different theoretical approaches have studied the differential characteristics of sensory processing, such as Dunn’s model. From this framework, high sensitivity in sensory processing has been described as responses to stimuli from environment quite often due to a rapid activation of the central nervous system. It should be noted that the association between high sensitivity in sensory processing and health outcomes obtained in different studies are not homogeneous, so it is necessary to develop a review of this research in order to clarify the relationship between sensory processing and quality of life. Methods: We conducted a systematic review of the relevant studies using the PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus, and ProQuest databases to assess how sensory processing patterns are related to quality of life. Results: Fourteen studies concerning sensory processing and quality of life were included in the review. Some studies indicate negative, moderate, and significant correlations between these variables in which high sensitivity is related to a poor quality of life in the population studied. Conclusions: High sensitivity in sensory processing could have a negative impact on quality of life, thereby facilitating a fluctuation in well-being, daily functioning, and health. Full article

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