enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Counterdependency - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterdependency

    The counterdependent personality has been described as being addicted to activity and suffering from grandiosity, as acting strong and pushing others away. [9] Out of a fear of being crowded, they avoid contact with others, something which can lead through emotional isolation to depression. [10]

  3. Distressed personality type - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distressed_personality_type

    Distressed personality type, or "type D" individuals, tend to suppress powerful negative emotions as a means of coping with stressful events or situations. These individuals suppress feelings of anger or sorrow even when they are in an environment that is supportive of emotional expression, such as suppressing anger when clearly justified, or refusing to cry at a funeral.

  4. Two-factor models of personality - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-factor_models_of...

    In his book Dimensions of Personality (1947) he paired Extraversion (E), which was "the tendency to enjoy positive events", especially social ones, with Neuroticism (N), which was the tendency to experience negative emotions. By pairing the two dimensions, Eysenck noted how the results were similar to the four ancient temperaments.

  5. Personality type - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality_type

    An early form of personality type indicator theory was the Four Temperaments system of Galen, based on the four humours model of Hippocrates; an extended five temperaments system based on the classical theory was published in 1958. One example of personality types is Type A and Type B personality theory. According to this theory, impatient ...

  6. Big Five personality traits - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits

    In his 1968 book Personality and Assessment, Walter Mischel asserted that personality instruments could not predict behavior with a correlation of more than 0.3. Social psychologists like Mischel argued that attitudes and behavior were not stable, but varied with the situation. Predicting behavior from personality instruments was claimed to be ...

  7. Codependency - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codependency

    Codependency may occur within the context of relationships with people with diagnosable personality disorders. Borderline personality disorder – there is a tendency for loved ones of people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) to slip into "caretaker" roles, giving priority and focus to problems in the life of the person with BPD rather ...

  8. Counterphobic attitude - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterphobic_attitude

    Dare-devil activities are often undertaken in a counterphobic spirit, as a denial of the fears attached to them, which may be only partially successful. [4] Acting out in general may have a counterphobic source, [5] reflecting a false self over-concerned with compulsive doing to preserve a sense of power and control.

  9. Dependent personality disorder - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependent_personality_disorder

    Dependent personality disorder (DPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a pervasive psychological dependence on other people. This personality disorder is a long-term condition [1] in which people depend on others to meet their emotional and physical needs.