RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN VARIATIONS IN PARENTS‘ ATTITUDES AND PERSONALITY TRAITS OF HEMOPHILIC BOYS

Personality traits of hemophilic boys and variations in parental attitudes were assessed by standardized self-report instruments and found to be significantly related, both across personality and for specific traits. Trait values for intelligence, emotional stability, and security were positively linked to parental acceptance. Unlike past clinical reports, parents here scored high in acceptance and low in overprotection and overindulgence.