TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationship of parotid saliva flow rate and composition with personality traits in healthy men
AU - Costa, Paul T.
AU - Chauncey, Howard H.
AU - Rose, Charles L.
AU - Kapur, Krishan K.
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Investigative attempts have been made to relate salivary gland function to various psychopathologic states. The early observation by Strongin and Hinsie ~-3 that the parotid gland secretory rate is altered in depressed and schizophrenic patients was reinforced by data presented by Peck. ~ Peck advocated use of the total (whole) glandular secretion (parotid, submaxillary, and sublingual saliva) as a means of diagnosing depression. His findings generated a host of investigations relating salivation to affective disorders. A review by Brown 5 This investigation was supported by the Medical Research Service of the Veterans Administration and the Council for Tobacco Research-U.S.A., Inc., Grant 455. *Normative Aging Study, Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic, Boston, and Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts at Boston. Current address: Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore City Hospitals, Baltimore, Md. **Dental Service, Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic, Boston, and Department of Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine. ***Normative Aging Study, Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic, Boston. Current address: Clinical Professor, School of Public Health, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. ****Dental Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Sepulveda, Calif., and Department of Removable Prosthodontics, University of California at Los Angeles,
PY - 1980/11
Y1 - 1980/11
N2 - A number of studies have investigated the relationship between parotid saliva flow rate and clinical depression. However, no comprehensive study of the intercorrelations between parotid gland secretion and normal personality traits has been reported. The stimulated flow rate, pH, osmolality, and eleven composition variables were measured in 390 normal men and correlated against eight personality dimensions derived from scores obtained from the Cattell Sixteen Personality Factor questionnaire (16PF) and a modified form of the Eysenck Personality Inventory. Flow rate, pH, osmolality, and eight of the eleven salivary components were significantly correlated with four personality traits: anxiety, conscientiousness, shrewdness, and introversion. The relationship of personality traits to the parotid gland flow rate and saliva composition is discussed in terms of both physiologic models and the possible mediating effect by the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.
AB - A number of studies have investigated the relationship between parotid saliva flow rate and clinical depression. However, no comprehensive study of the intercorrelations between parotid gland secretion and normal personality traits has been reported. The stimulated flow rate, pH, osmolality, and eleven composition variables were measured in 390 normal men and correlated against eight personality dimensions derived from scores obtained from the Cattell Sixteen Personality Factor questionnaire (16PF) and a modified form of the Eysenck Personality Inventory. Flow rate, pH, osmolality, and eight of the eleven salivary components were significantly correlated with four personality traits: anxiety, conscientiousness, shrewdness, and introversion. The relationship of personality traits to the parotid gland flow rate and saliva composition is discussed in terms of both physiologic models and the possible mediating effect by the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0030-4220(80)80008-9
DO - 10.1016/S0030-4220(80)80008-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 6935597
AN - SCOPUS:0019275519
SN - 0030-4220
VL - 50
SP - 416
EP - 422
JO - Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology
JF - Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology
IS - 5
ER -