Accentuation of the individual and its types

German psychotherapist K. Leonhard is convinced that most people have many character traits that are pointed. It is only necessary to create certain conditions, and there may be nervous breakdowns or similar conflicts.

Personality accentuation is hypertrophiedthe development of some traits of character against the background of others, which leads to a violation of relationships with others. If there is such a symptom in a person begins to show excessive sensitivity to some factors that cause a stressful condition. This is despite the relative stability of the rest.

Accentuation can be expressed so much thatits symptoms will be hardly appreciable to close people, but its level of display can be such, that doctors can reflect on statement of such diagnosis, as a psychopathy. But the last disease is characterized by constant manifestations and regular relapses. A character accentuation can smooth over time and become close to a normal state.

As practice shows, this symptom is more oftentotal occurs in adolescents and young men (approximately 70% of cases). Accentuation of personality is not always manifested clearly, because it can be determined with the help of specially developed psychological tests. During their conduct, people can behave in a specific way, and it is important for the doctor to be able to foresee such a reaction.

Identify such types of personality in psychology, which depend on the degree of manifestation of accentuation:

1. Hypertimic type is characterized byelevated mood, increased talkativeness, contact. People with this form of the disease, as a rule, very often lose the initial thread of conversation, do not react to the comments made and deny all punishment. They are very energetic, mobile, non-self-critical, like unreasonable risk.
2. Accentuation of personality can be dysthymictype, which is the complete opposite of the previous one. A representative of this species is constantly in a depressed state, sad and is a closed personality. It is burdened by a noisy society, it does not converge with employees, does not like communication. If it becomes a participant in conflicts (which happens very rarely), then it acts as a passive party.
3. Cycloid type is characterized by frequent changesmood. If it is upbeat, a person actively communicates, than becomes similar to a representative of the hypertymic type. If a person is in a more depressed state, his behavioral reactions resemble people of a dysthymic type.
4. Emotional type (emotional). The accentuation of personality in this case is manifested by excessive sensitivity of character, vulnerability. A person begins to deeply experience even the minimum troubles, takes painfully with comments and criticism, is sensitive if he is unsuccessful, because he is often in a depressed mood.
5. The demonstrative type is always in the center of attention and achieves the goal at any cost.
6. A person of an excitable type is often unrestrained, quick-tempered, inclined to rudeness, and too conflicted.
7. The jamming type. Representatives are fixated on their feelings and emotions, in conflicts act as an active party, are inclined to protracted disputes.
8. A pedantic type is characterized by "tediousness" in everything, beginning with life and ending with professional activity.
9. People of anxious type are afraid for themselves and for others, they are not confident in themselves, they are seriously going through defeat.
10. Exalted type is characterized by mood changes, vivid emotions and talkative.
11. The schizoid personality accentuation, as a rule, manifests itself in isolation, immersion in oneself, restraint and coldness in communication.
12. The latter type in this classification - extraverted - is characterized by an increased degree of talkativeness, lack of personal opinion, disorganization, and lack of autonomy.