Prevalence of typus melancholicus in healthy germans

Psychopathology
Hirofumi UekiAkihiro Takai

Abstract

There have been few studies concerning the prevalence of Typus melancholicus (TM) in healthy volunteers based on age or sex. To our knowledge, no such studies have been performed in healthy Germans, but several in healthy Japanese people. Therefore, it is necessary to also determine the prevalence of TM in healthy Germans, in order to know whether the prevalence of TM is cross-culturally constant. We examined the prevalence of TM in 121 healthy German volunteers (62 men and 59 women with a mean age +/- SD of 43.9 +/- 16.8 years and 47.4 +/- 15.9 years, respectively). Kasahara's Inventory for the Melancholic Type Personality (KIMTP) and von Zerssen's F-List (F-List) were used to identify TM. The subjects were divided by age into three groups: those aged 40 years or less (group A), those aged 41-60 years (group B), and those aged 61 years or more (group C). Mean total KIMTP and F-List scores were calculated. In addition, we also calculated mean scores of the two KIMTP TM factors ['harmony in personal relationships' (factor 1) and 'social norms' (factor 2)]. Differences in scores between men and women were analyzed by Student's t test. Differences in scores between the three age groups were evaluated by one-way analysis of varianc...Continue Reading

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