The relationship between personality traits and BMI categories

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To compare personality traits between average weight, overweight and obese people using Eysenck PersonalityQuestionnaire Revised-Abbreviated Form (EPQR-A). Study design: Cross-sectional, descriptive study. Place and duration ofstudy: S. B. U Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital Family Medicine Obesity Policlinic and Family MedicineOutpatient Clinics, from November 2018 to January 2019.METHODS: Participants aged between 18 and 65 years (279 female and 150 male) were layered according to Turkish Endocrinology and Metabolism Society (TEMD) Body Mass Index (BMI) categories to compare personality traits between normalweight, overweight and obese people. Each layer was compared to each other in this study. A questionnaire, including socio-demographic form, and EPQR-A Form were applied to the participants.RESULTS: Patients aged between 18 and 65 years (279 female and 150 male) were evaluated according to BMI categories.There was a significant difference in psychoticism score averages by BMI categories (p