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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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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Personality trait
correlates of color
preference in schizophrenia |
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Personality trait
correlates of color
preference in schizophrenia |
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Personality trait
correlates of color
preference in schizophrenia |
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Personality trait
correlates of color
preference in schizophrenia |
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Personality trait
correlates of color
preference in schizophrenia |
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personality trait
correlates of color
preference in schizophrenia |
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De Gruyter |
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Translational Neuroscience |
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2081-6936 |
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2015-01-01 |
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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. |
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schizophrenia color preference personality trait |
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https://doi.org/10.1515/tnsci-2015-0018 |
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