Differences in personality between parents of asthmatic children and parents of non-asthmatic children.

The purpose of this study was to examine whether there are any personality differences between the parents of asthmatic children and parents of children not subject to asthma. Using the CMPS personality test, 11 families with asthmatic children and 10 matched control families were investigated. The results indicate that the parents of asthmatic children are significantly more aggressive (p = 0.02) and significantly less exhibitionist (p = 0.003) than parents of non-asthmatic children. There were no intra-parental differences due to sex.