The Comparison of the Personality Traits in Multiple Sclerosis Patients and Normal People

This study has been conducted for the purpose of comparing and studying the personality traits among the Multiple sclerosis patients and normal People.The sample of study were 76 Multiple sclerosis patients refer to Iranian M.S Society of Tehran in summer and autumn of 2008 and had a diagnosis less than 2 years. The patients were selected with available sampling and by the attention to the control factors such as: marital status, education statue, age and economical status ,and the control group was selected with the same status as the patients with out M.S. The analysis of data was on t-test. NEO inventory was used for study of personality traits. Results showed that M.S patients neuroticism factor is significantly higher than normal people and agreeableness factor was significantly lower than normal people.