A Comparative Study of Personality Traits and Defense Mechanisms in People Infected with the Covid-19 virus and Patients in the Surgical Department

Tourani, Faezeh; Tourani, Mohamad Reza; Azize&#039;din, Shima; Namazi, Mitra; Haj Aboutalebi, Narges

doi:10.22055/jacp.2022.36668.1181

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ PhD student in Psychology, Shahroud University of Science and Research

² Head of the specialized clinic of Shahroud University of Medical Sciences

³ Faculty of Shahroud University of Medical Sciences

⁴ Master of Clinical Psychology

⁵ Faculty of Islamic Azad University, Shahroud Branch

https://doi.org/10.22055/jacp.2022.36668.1181

Abstract

The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing personality traits and defense mechanisms in people infected with the virus of Covid-19 and patients in the surgical department. The research method was comparative. The statistical population of the research was made up of all the patients admitted to Imam Hossein Hospital in Shahrood city in May 2021, and their number was equal to 350 people. This study was conducted on 300 people with covid-19 admitted to the hospital and other patients of the surgical department of the hospital (150 people from each group) using available sampling method. To measure personality traits, Neo's personality traits questionnaire (1985) was used, and to measure defense mechanisms, Bond's defense style questionnaire (1983) was used. Multivariate analysis of variance method was used to analyze the data. The findings showed that there is no significant difference in the use of defense mechanisms in people with Covid-19 and other patients. And neuroticism was higher in surgical department patients (P<0.05). Based on the results of this research, it can be said that there is a significant difference between people infected with the covid-19 virus and patients in the surgery department in the subscale of psychotic personality traits.

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Volume 5, Issue 2
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A Comparative Study of Personality Traits and Defense Mechanisms in People Infected with the Covid-19 virus and Patients in the Surgical Department

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Volume 5, Issue 2September 2019Pages 11-20

Volume 5, Issue 2
September 2019
Pages 11-20