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Personality traits and patient attitudes in ME/CFS
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{{stub}} {{NeedsImage}} A number of different '''personality traits''' and '''attitudes''' have been proposed as possible risk factors, and/or perpetuating factors in people with [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]]/[[chronic fatigue syndrome]], for example perfectionism. Some proponents of the [[biopsychosocial model|biopsychosocial or psychosocial model]] of [[ME/CFS]] have also claimed ME patients have negative attitudes toward [[mental illness]], but this view is not supported by research.<ref name="WoodWessely1999" /> ==Theory== ==Evidence== ===Perfectionism=== ===Personality traits === Van Houdenhove (1995) found that [[ME/CFS]] patients were more active than average before their illness.<ref name="actionprone" /> ===Personality disorders=== Personality disorders were not found to be any common in patients with [[ME/CFS]] than in the general population.<ref name="Kempke2013" /> ===Attitudes towards mental illness === [[Barbara Wood|Wood]] and [[Simon Wessely |Wessely]] researched attitudes towards mental illness and personality traits in people with [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] and [[rheumatoid arthritis]] in 1999, finding that attitudes towards mental illness are were about the same in both groups of patients.<ref name="WoodWessely1999" /> ==Notable studies == * 1995, Does high 'action-proneness' make people more vulnerable to chronic fatigue syndrome?<ref name="actionprone">{{Cite journal | last = Van Houdenhove | first = B. | authorlink = Boudewijn Van Houdenhove | last2 = Onghena | first2 = P. | authorlink2=Patrick Onghena | last3 = Neerinckx | first3 = E. | authorlink3 =Eddy Neerinckx | last4 = Hellin | first4 = J. | authorlink4=J Hellin | author-link5 = | date = Jul 1995 | title = Does high 'action-proneness' make people more vulnerable to chronic fatigue syndrome? A controlled psychometric study|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7490698|journal=Journal of Psychosomatic Research|volume=39|issue=5 | pages = 633β640|issn=0022-3999|pmid=7490698|quote=|via=}}</ref> [https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/43096954/Does_high_action-proneness_make_people_m20160226-5240-1vpdz6w.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1551983698&Signature=DIW%2FWTtClGegdFI4aosujX4FRU0%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DDoes_high_action-proneness_make_people_m.pdf (Full text)] *1999, [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/10616232/ Personality and social attitudes in chronic fatigue syndrome.]<ref name="WoodWessely1999">{{Cite journal | last = Wood | first = B. | authorlink = Barbara Wood | last2 = Wessely | first2 = S. | authorlink2=Simon Wessely | date = Oct 1999 | title = Personality and social attitudes in chronic fatigue syndrome|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/10616232/|journal=Journal of Psychosomatic Research|volume=47|issue=4|pages=385β397|issn=0022-3999|pmid=10616232|quote=|via=}}</ref> *2007, Personality and chronic fatigue syndrome: methodological and conceptual issues<ref name="vangreenlen2007">{{Cite journal | last = van Geelen | first = Stefan M. | last2 = Sinnema | first2 = Gerben | last3 = Hermans | first3 = Hubert J.M. | last4 = Kuis | first4 = Wietse | date = 2007-12-01 | title = Personality and chronic fatigue syndrome: Methodological and conceptual issues|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272735807000311|journal=Clinical Psychology Review|volume=27|issue=8 | pages = 885β903|doi=10.1016/j.cpr.2007.01.010|issn=0272-7358}}</ref> [http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.571.6028&rep=rep1&type=pdf (Full text)] - a summary of other findings *2013, Prevalence of DSM-IV Personality Disorders in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Controlled Study<ref name="Kempke2013">{{Cite journal | last = Kempke | first = Stefan | authorlink = Stefan Kempke | last2 = Van Den Eede | first2 = Filip | authorlink2 = Filip Van Den Eede | last3 = Schotte | first3 = Chris | authorlink3 = Chris Schotte | last4 = Claes | first4 = Stephan | author-link4 = Stephan Claes | last5 = Van Wambeke | first5 = Peter | author-link5 = Peter Van Wambeke | last6 = Van Houdenhove | first6 = Boudewijn | authorlink6 = Boudewijn Van Houdenhove | last7 = Luyten | first7 = Patrick | authorlink7 = Patrick Luyten | date = Jun 1, 2013 | title = Prevalence of DSM-IV Personality Disorders in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Controlled Study|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-012-9273-y|journal=International Journal of Behavioral Medicine|language=en|volume=20|issue=2|pages=219β228|doi=10.1007/s12529-012-9273-y|issn=1532-7558|quote=|via=}}</ref> [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12529-012-9273-y (Abstract)] ==Letters, interviews and newspaper coverage == ==See also== * [[Biopsychosocial model]] * [[:Category:Psychological paradigm|Psychological paradigm]] *[[Risk factors]] *[[Cognitive behavioral therapy]] ==Learn more== ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Medical hypotheses]] [[Category:Psychological paradigm]] [[Category:Psychology]]
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