Does spinal cord injury affect personality? A study of monozygotic twins

Christine Hollick; Cynthia L. Radnitz; Jeremy Silverman; Dennis Tirch; Sandra Birstein; William A. Bauman

doi:10.1037/0090-5550.46.1.58

Does spinal cord injury affect personality? A study of monozygotic twins

Christine Hollick
, Cynthia L. Radnitz
, Jeremy Silverman
, Dennis Tirch
, Sandra Birstein
, William A. Bauman

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Objective: To assess whether spinal cord injury (SCI) is associated with personality change. Study Design: NEO Personality Inventory - Revised results of identical twins, one of whom had a spinal cord injury, were compared. Setting: Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, New York. Participants: Eleven sets of twins recruited through a nationwide search involving advertisements in periodicals and referrals from other professionals. Results: There were no significant differences between the scores of the non-SCI twins and their injured co-twins on NEO Personality Inventory scales and facets. Conclusions: The authors found no evidence that SCI is associated with long-term personality change.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	58-67
Number of pages	10
Journal	Rehabilitation Psychology
Volume	46
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/0090-5550.46.1.58
State	Published - 2001

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