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Neuroticism and Disorders of Emotion: A New Synthesis
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We describe an approach to anxiety, depressive, trauma-related, and other disorders, which we conceptualize as “emotional disorders” because of shared underlying dimensions uncovered by the study of traits or temperaments. We then explicate a functional model of emotional disorders based largely, but not exclusively, on the temperament of neuroticism and describe common factors that account for the development and maintenance of these conditions. We conclude by describing, and presenting supporting data for, a unified transdiagnostic approach to the treatment of emotional disorders that directly targets the underlying temperament of neuroticism and associated temperamental characteristics.
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- Authors
- Barlow, D. H., Curreri, A. J., & Woodard, L. S.
- Affiliations
- Boston University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Barlow, David H.
- Venue
- Current Directions in Psychological Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2021-08-23
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 410-417
- ISSN
- 0963-7214 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-8721
- OpenAlex
- W3196257038
- Cited by
- 117
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 29 · 2025: 29 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 1
- FWCI
- 14.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Current Directions in Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- neuroticism, emotional disorders, anxiety disorders, depression, trauma-related disorders, temperament, transdiagnostic treatment, common factors
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