APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Temperament and Character Among Patients Waiting for Obesity Surgery

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Personality/Emotion

  • Danilo Garcia
    Blekinge County Council
  • Forsell Henrik
    Blekinge County Hospital
  • Kevin Cloninger
    Anthropedia Foundation

Abstract

The aim was to investigate differences in temperament and character between patients waiting for obesity surgery and the general population. Patients waiting for obesity surgery scored higher in harm-avoidance, reward dependence, persistence, and cooperativeness and also lower in self-directedness.

Personality

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