PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND METABOLIC SYNDROME
Personality changes in a socially desirable direction may lead to an increase in the negative health relevant behavior affecting the components associated with the metabolic syndrome. The study of personality characteristics of people with metabolic syndrome.The study involved 310 patients. Metabolic syndrome was diagnosed according to the criteria of IDF (2005). The study of personality was assessed using SMIL (MMPI) of L.Sobchik. Individuals with metabolic syndrome high scale overcontrol, pessimistic, emotional lability, impulsivity, anxiety, and predominant sthenic and hypersthenic type of response personality profile. The personal picture of those with metabolic syndrome is characterized by individuals without the metabolic syndrome.