| asthenic personality | A personality type characterised by low energy level, easy fatigability, incapacity for enjoyment, lack of enthusiasm, and oversensitivity to physical and emotional stress. When appearing in marked form it becomes a psychological disorder (asthenic personality disorder), also called dependent personality. Synonym: asthenic personality disorder, dependent personality disorder. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| authoritarian personality | A cluster of personality traits reflecting a desire for security and order, e.g., rigidity, highly conventional outlook, unquestioning obedience, scapegoating, desire for structured lines of authority. (05 Mar 2000) |
| avoidant personality | A personality characterised by a hypersensitivity to potential rejection, humiliation, or shame, an unwillingness to enter into relationships without unusually strong guarantees of uncritical acceptance, social withdrawal in spite of a desire for affection and acceptance, and low self-esteem. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basic personality | See: basic personality type. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basic personality type | An individual's unique, covert, or underlying personality propensities, whether or not they are behaviourally manifest or overt, personality characteristics of an individual which are also shared by a majority of the members of a social group. (05 Mar 2000) |
| borderline personality | See: borderline personality disorder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| masochistic personality | A personality disorder in which the individual accepts exploitation and sacrifices self-interest while at the same time feeling morally superior or feigning moral superiority, attempting to elicit sympathy, and inducing guilt in others. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cattell personality factor questionnaire | Self report questionnaire which yields 16 scores on personality traits, such as reserved vs. Outgoing, humble vs. Assertive, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| passive-aggressive personality | A personality disorder in which aggressive feelings are manifested in passive ways, especially through mild obstructionism and stubbornness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| personality | Behaviour-response patterns that characterise the individual. (12 Dec 1998) |
| personality assessment | The determination and evaluation of personality attributes by interviews, observations, tests, or scales. Articles concerning personality measurement are considered to be within scope of this term. (12 Dec 1998) |
| personality development | Growth of habitual patterns of behaviour in childhood and adolescence. (12 Dec 1998) |
| personality disorders | A major deviation from normal patterns of behaviour. (12 Dec 1998) |
| personality formation | The life history associated with the development of individual patterns and of one's individuality. (05 Mar 2000) |
| personality integration | The effective organization of old and new experience, data, and emotional capacities into the personality; the harmonious organization of the personality. (05 Mar 2000) |