Does Cholesterol Eating Habit Influence Anxious Temperament in Kretschmer Typology?

Ambar Sulianti, Dedi Sulaeman, Endi Endi, Shofa Mutiara, Tia Isti’anah, Adang Hambali

2017

Abstract

Personality typology Kretschmer approach categorizes human’s body shape, personality, and temperament in four classes: picnic/pyknic, leptosome, athletic and dysplastic. Although Kretschmer theory is widely used in the world of psychology in Indonesia, little is known about interference of cholesterol eating habit to the temperament of each body shape typology. This study aims to analyse the relationship among body shape, cholesterol, and hyperthymic temperament. This research used quantitative method with cross sectional design. Subjects of this study were 95 psychology students consist of 32 students with picnic type (short-fat), and 33 students with leptosome type (high-lean), and 30 students with athletic type (balanced). The results showed no relationship between body shape and anxious temperament, but high significant level of relationship between cholesterol eating habit and anxious temperament. Levels of the highest anxiety temperament on leptosomes type with high cholesterol eating habits further research is needed to examine cholesterol metabolism on producing dopamine and serotonin in leptosome typology.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sulianti A., Sulaeman D., Endi E., Mutiara S., Isti’anah T. and Hambali A. (2017). Does Cholesterol Eating Habit Influence Anxious Temperament in Kretschmer Typology?.In 2nd International Conference on Sociology Education - Volume 1: ICSE, ISBN 978-989-758-316-2, pages 69-72. DOI: 10.5220/0007093000690072

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icse17,
author={Ambar Sulianti and Dedi Sulaeman and Endi Endi and Shofa Mutiara and Tia Isti’anah and Adang Hambali},
title={Does Cholesterol Eating Habit Influence Anxious Temperament in Kretschmer Typology?},
booktitle={2nd International Conference on Sociology Education - Volume 1: ICSE,},
year={2017},
pages={69-72},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007093000690072},
isbn={978-989-758-316-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - 2nd International Conference on Sociology Education - Volume 1: ICSE,
TI - Does Cholesterol Eating Habit Influence Anxious Temperament in Kretschmer Typology?
SN - 978-989-758-316-2
AU - Sulianti A.
AU - Sulaeman D.
AU - Endi E.
AU - Mutiara S.
AU - Isti’anah T.
AU - Hambali A.
PY - 2017
SP - 69
EP - 72
DO - 10.5220/0007093000690072