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Personality traits are differentially linked to mental disorders: A multitrait-multidiagnosis study of an adolescent birth cohort.

Krueger, Robert F., Caspi, Avshalom, Moffitt, Terrie E., Silva, Phil A., McGee, Rob·1996·Journal of Abnormal Psychology
DOI 10.1037/0021-843x.105.3.299
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The authors assessed the relation between personality and mental disorder in a representative birth cohort of 897 men and women. Personality was assessed at age 18 with the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ; A. Tellegen, 1982), and 4 types of mental disorder (affective, anxiety, substance dependence, and conduct disorder) were assessed at ages 15, 18 and 21, using age-appropriate standardized diagnostic interviews. All disorder groups had MPQ profiles that were very different from those of controls. When comorbid cases were excluded, fewer significant differences between diagnosed cases and controls remained. Relations between personality and mental disorder were not affected by the measurement of disorder as continuous versus discrete, gender, or the age at which disorder was diagnosed. Relations between personality and mental disorders appear to be robust, and individual personality differences may be particularly relevant to understanding the most severe (comorbid) expressions of psychopathology.

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Authors
Krueger, R. F., Caspi, A., Moffitt, T. E., Silva, P. A., & McGee, R.
Affiliations
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
  • University of Otago (NZ)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
1996-08
Volume
105
Issue
3
Pages
299-312
ISSN
  • 0021-843X (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1846
DOI
10.1037/0021-843x.105.3.299
OpenAlex
W2148591642
Cited by
423
References
64
Citations by year
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FWCI
12.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Abnormal Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (MH-49414, MH 45070, R01MH045070)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
personality traits, mental illness, personality disorder comorbidity, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance dependence, conduct disorder, Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire, gender differences
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Mental Disorders, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Individuality, Male, New Zealand, Personality Development, Personality Disorders, Personality Inventory, Psychometrics, Psychopathology, Cohort Studies, Comorbidity

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