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An experiment was designed to study the relationship between urine catecholamine excretion and the personality traits of ex traversion and neuroticism. Using chance samples of day-urine, we found a significant negative correlation between extroversion and the amount of urine catecholamines. This relationship is modified by smoking habits. The correlation holds only for nonsmokers.
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The authors are indebted to Prof. M. E. Bitterman and Dipl.-Psych. H. Meyer-Bahlburg for their valuable suggestions.
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Schulz, H., Strobach, H. Catecholamine excretion as a function of personality. Psychon Sci 18, 237–238 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335756
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