Correlation of Thyroxine and Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone with Personality Measurements: A Study in Psychosomatic Patients and Healthy Subjects

摘要: A comparative study performed in psychosomatic patients and healthy subjects reveals different profiles of thyroxine (T4) thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) correlations with personality measurements (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI); Sensation-Seeking Scale (SSS), Susceptibility to Punishment (SP). Three distinct sets results may be enumerated, namely: (1) a negative correlation between sensation-seeking TSH; (2) positive the most indicative scales predisposing depression-anxiety (hypochondriasis, depression, social introversion, susceptibility punishment) T4, (3) Hypomania (Ma) showed significant T4 patient group but nonsignificant relationship group.