A FAILURE TO FIND DISTINCTIVE PERSONALITY FEATURES IN A GROUP OF OBESE MEN
NORRIS WEINBERG PH.D.1,
MYER MENDELSON M.D., , and
ALBERT STUNKARD M.D.2
1 Department of Psychiatry, University of California Medical Center, Los Angeles 24, Calif.
2 Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
Eighteen markedly obese men were carefully matched with 18 men of normal weight and given a battery of psychological tests. No distinctive personality features were found.