Broad and specific personality dimensions associated with major depression in a nationally representative sample

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Brian J CoxIan P Clara

Abstract

Separate lines of research using select study groups have identified both broad (neuroticism, extraversion) and specific (self-criticism, interpersonal dependency) personality dimensions associated with major depression. The current study sought to extend research on personality and depression to a large, nationally representative sample. Participants were from the National Comorbidity Survey Part II (N = 5,877). A detailed psychosocial battery that included items from established indices of neuroticism, extraversion, self-criticism, and three facets of interpersonal dependency was administered to all respondents. Separate regression analyses indicated that each of the personality dimensions was significantly associated with lifetime major depression. In a hierarchical multivariate regression analysis that controlled for sociodemographic variables, history of anxiety disorders, alcohol or substance abuse or dependence, dysthymic disorder, and current emotional distress, self-criticism was the only personality dimension that remained significantly associated with major depression. The inclusion of self-criticism also significantly improved the overall statistical model. Results from this nationally representative mental health s...Continue Reading

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