Personality trait correlates of color preference in schizophrenia

Background: The goal of the present study was to evaluate the color preferences of patients with schizophrenia and their correlations with personality traits. Methodology: Sixty-three patients with schizophrenia and 59 healthy volunteers were asked to undertake the color preference and the Zuckerman...

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Main Authors: Tao Baiping, Xu Shaofang, Pan Xin, Gao Qianqian, Wang Wei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2015-01-01
Series:Translational Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/tnsci-2015-0018
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spelling doaj-dc86ccb0ef574ab7bf68034389f3a9772021-09-05T20:51:30ZengDe GruyterTranslational Neuroscience2081-69362015-01-016117417810.1515/tnsci-2015-0018tnsci-2015-0018Personality trait correlates of color preference in schizophreniaTao Baiping0Xu Shaofang1Pan Xin2Gao Qianqian3Wang Wei4Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry / School of Public Health, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, ChinaDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry / School of Public Health, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, ChinaThe Third People’s Hospital of Huzhou, Huzhou, 313000, ChinaDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry / School of Public Health, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, ChinaDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry / School of Public Health, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, ChinaBackground: The goal of the present study was to evaluate the color preferences of patients with schizophrenia and their correlations with personality traits. Methodology: Sixty-three patients with schizophrenia and 59 healthy volunteers were asked to undertake the color preference and the Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire (ZKPQ) tests. Results: The healthy volunteers showed a greater preference for green but a lesser one for brown compared to the patients with schizophrenia. Patients scored higher than the healthy volunteers on the ZKPQ Neuroticism-Anxiety and Activity scales. Moreover, in patients, black preference ranking was associated with the Neuroticism-Anxiety, whereas pink and orange preferences were negatively associated with Activity; white preference correlated negatively with Sociability. Conclusions: Patients with schizophrenia preferred green less but brown more, and displayed their personality correlates of these color preferences. These findings are suggesting that patients with schizophrenia should be encouraged to be more exposed to bright colors such as green and white, and less to dark colors such as black, during therapy and rehabilitation sessions.https://doi.org/10.1515/tnsci-2015-0018schizophrenia color preference personality trait
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author Tao Baiping
Xu Shaofang
Pan Xin
Gao Qianqian
Wang Wei
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Xu Shaofang
Pan Xin
Gao Qianqian
Wang Wei
Personality trait correlates of color preference in schizophrenia
Translational Neuroscience
schizophrenia
color preference
personality trait
author_facet Tao Baiping
Xu Shaofang
Pan Xin
Gao Qianqian
Wang Wei
author_sort Tao Baiping
title Personality trait correlates of color preference in schizophrenia
title_short Personality trait correlates of color preference in schizophrenia
title_full Personality trait correlates of color preference in schizophrenia
title_fullStr Personality trait correlates of color preference in schizophrenia
title_full_unstemmed Personality trait correlates of color preference in schizophrenia
title_sort personality trait correlates of color preference in schizophrenia
publisher De Gruyter
series Translational Neuroscience
issn 2081-6936
publishDate 2015-01-01
description Background: The goal of the present study was to evaluate the color preferences of patients with schizophrenia and their correlations with personality traits. Methodology: Sixty-three patients with schizophrenia and 59 healthy volunteers were asked to undertake the color preference and the Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire (ZKPQ) tests. Results: The healthy volunteers showed a greater preference for green but a lesser one for brown compared to the patients with schizophrenia. Patients scored higher than the healthy volunteers on the ZKPQ Neuroticism-Anxiety and Activity scales. Moreover, in patients, black preference ranking was associated with the Neuroticism-Anxiety, whereas pink and orange preferences were negatively associated with Activity; white preference correlated negatively with Sociability. Conclusions: Patients with schizophrenia preferred green less but brown more, and displayed their personality correlates of these color preferences. These findings are suggesting that patients with schizophrenia should be encouraged to be more exposed to bright colors such as green and white, and less to dark colors such as black, during therapy and rehabilitation sessions.
topic schizophrenia
color preference
personality trait
url https://doi.org/10.1515/tnsci-2015-0018
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