Personality traits in the first degree relatives of outpatients with depressive disorders
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This study examined several hypotheses regarding the relationship between personality and depression using a family study. Relatives of outpatients with depressive disorders and controls completed a battery of personality inventories assessing sociotropy, autonomy, dependency, self-criticism, neuroticism, extraversion, and hopelessness. Relatives with current mood disorders differed from healthy relatives on almost all measures. Relatives with past histories of affective disorder were more neurotic, self-critical and dependent than healthy relatives. Results suggest that scores on personality measures are mood state-dependent, and may change as a function of mood disorder.
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Neuroticism cosegregates within families.
“Moreover, neuroticism cosegregates within families (Farmer et al, 2002; Ouimette et al, 1996), and non-depressed family members of those with MDD have higher levels of neuroticism than the general population (Modell et al, 2003).”
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- Authors
- Ouimette, P.
- Affiliations
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ouimette, P
- Venue
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1996-06-20
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 43-53
- ISSN
- 0165-0327 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2068574101
- Cited by
- 34
- References
- 54
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 1.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Affective Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01 MH45757, R01MH045757)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- personality traits, depressive disorders, first-degree relatives, family studies, sociotropy, autonomy, dependency, self-criticism, neuroticism, extraversion, hopelessness
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Dependency, Psychological, Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neurotic Disorders, Personality Disorders, Personality Inventory, Psychometrics, Reference Values, Risk Factors, Self Concept, Dysthymic Disorder
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