Occupational stress and personality traits in multiple sclerosis: A preliminary study

Incerti, Chiara Concetta; Magistrale, Giuseppe; Argento, Ornella; Pisani, Valerio; Battista, Giancarlo Di; Ferraro, Elisabetta; Caltagirone, Carlo; Benedict, Ralph H. B.; Nocentini, Ugo

doi:10.1016/j.msard.2015.06.001

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“…15 Occupational stress reported by employed MS patients was predicted by high neuroticism and low extraversion and conscientiousness. 16 Finally, high neuroticism and low conscientiousness were associated with poor treatment adherence. 17 Thus, personality is an important domain of neuropsychiatric functioning.…”

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Trait neuroticism, extraversion, and conscientiousness in multiple sclerosis: Link to cognitive impairment?

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Trait neuroticism, extraversion, and conscientiousness in multiple sclerosis: Link to cognitive impairment?

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“…In particular, personality aspects have been depicted in MS, according to several studies (Invernizzi et al, 1988; Merkelbach et al, 2003; Fishman et al, 2004; Incerti et al, 2015; Schreiber et al, 2015; Mohamadi et al, 2016; Strober, 2016; Zarbo et al, 2016), even if some of them focused only on euphoric symptoms and emotional lability (Feinstein, 2004). Moreover, recent findings suggest a possible role of personality even in clinical neuroscience of MS (Benedict et al, 2013).…”

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“…Between them, it is worthwhile mentioning: Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI, Abbate-Daga et al, 2007; Fazekas et al, 2013; Verdolini et al, 2015), Neo Personality Inventory (NEO-PI; Krampe et al, 2008; Berry and Drummond, 2014; Incerti et al, 2015), Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory III (MCMI-III; Mohamadi et al, 2016), Eyesenk Personality Questionnaire (EPQ; Aaseth et al, 2011), and the Iowa Scale of Personality Change (ISPC; Waldron et al, 2014). …”

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Cognitive-constructivist Approach in Medical Settings: The Use of Personal Meaning Questionnaire for Neurological Patients’ Personality Investigation

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Objective: The cognitive-constructivist psychotherapy approach considers the self as a continuous regulation process between present and past experience, in which attributions of meaning is characterized by the use of internal rules. In this conception, everyone would be driven by a specific inner coherence called Personal Meaning Organization (PMO). Such approach has never been applied to neurological patients by means of ad hoc developed tools. We performed an explorative study aimed to characterize personality styles in different neurological conditions within the theoretical framework of cognitive-constructivist model.Materials and Methods: Three groups of neurological patients (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Multiple Sclerosis, Primary Headache) and a sample of healthy participants, each composed by 15 participants, for a total of 60 participants, were recruited. The Personal Meaning Questionnaire (PMQ), an Italian questionnaire assessing PMOs construct, and other clinical tools for psychological and quality of life assessment were administered to all subjects.Results: The main finding concerned the detection, across all clinical conditions, of a higher prevalence of phobic personality style, with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis showing a relevant prevalence of such PMO with respect to all other neurological conditions and controls. However, with respect to controls, in all clinical conditions, PMQ highlighted a tendency, even if not statistically significant, to codify experience by means of specific cognitive and emotional patterns.Conclusion: Our findings represent the first contribution towards understanding the personality profiles of patients affected by neurological conditions according to cognitive-constructivist theory.

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“…Importantly, Conscientiousness can be measured with a brief and easy-to-use questionnaire, the NEO-FFI, 12 to identify patients at risk of DES and who may benefit most from additional treatment or accommodations. This questionnaire has been validated for use in MS, and the NEO-FFI items pertaining to Conscientiousness can be completed in 1–2 minutes with minimal clinical supervision.…”

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“…10,11 Low Conscientiousness is also associated with occupational stress in MS workers. 12…”

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Conscientiousness and deterioration in employment status in multiple sclerosis over 3 years

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Background: Physical and cognitive symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) correlate with unemployment cross-sectionally. Prospective studies, rarely published, have not accounted for personality traits such as Conscientiousness. Methods: In a 3-year study of 70 people with MS (PwMS) and 25 healthy controls (HCs), we evaluated employment status using online interviews capturing hours worked, negative work events, employee relations, and accommodations. Deteriorating employment status (DES) was defined as reduced employment (full-time to part-time or negative work events). In PwMS, we explored workplace accommodations, disclosure of disease status, and physical/psychological predictors of DES (e.g. Conscientiousness). Results: At follow-up, DES was 0% in HCs and 25.7% in MS, and 62.7% of work-stable PwMS used at least one work accommodation, most frequently, flexible hours. At baseline, DES-PwMS had lower education ( p = 0.009), lower Conscientiousness ( p < 0.001), more fatigue ( p = 0.033), and performed worse on Symbol Digit Modalities Test ( p = 0.013), Brief Visuospatial Memory Test—Revised ( p = 0.041), and Nine-Hole Peg Test ( p = 0.046) relative to work-stable. The model predicting DES was significant (χ2(7) = 30.936, p < 0.001) and baseline Conscientiousness accounted for more variance in DES ( p = 0.004) than other factors. Higher Conscientiousness PwMS were more likely to disclose their condition at work ( p = 0.038). Conclusion: Accommodations for low Conscientiousness, flexible hours, and physical/cognitive rehabilitation may prevent DES.

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Occupational stress and personality traits in multiple sclerosis: A preliminary study

Cited by 15 publications

References 38 publications

Trait neuroticism, extraversion, and conscientiousness in multiple sclerosis: Link to cognitive impairment?

Trait neuroticism, extraversion, and conscientiousness in multiple sclerosis: Link to cognitive impairment?

Cognitive-constructivist Approach in Medical Settings: The Use of Personal Meaning Questionnaire for Neurological Patients’ Personality Investigation

Conscientiousness and deterioration in employment status in multiple sclerosis over 3 years

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