The NEO Five-Factor Inventory: Latent Structure and Relationships With Dimensions of Anxiety and Depressive Disorders in a Large Clinical Sample
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The present study evaluated the latent structure of the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO FFI) and relations between the five-factor model (FFM) of personality and dimensions of DSM-IV anxiety and depressive disorders (panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder [GAD], obsessive—compulsive disorder, social phobia [SOC], major depressive disorder [MDD]) in a large sample of outpatients ( N = 1,980). Exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) was used to show that a five-factor solution provided acceptable model fit, albeit with some poorly functioning items. Neuroticism demonstrated significant positive associations with all but one of the disorder constructs whereas Extraversion was inversely related to SOC and MDD. Conscientiousness was inversely related to MDD but demonstrated a positive relationship with GAD. Results are discussed in regard to potential revisions to the NEO FFI, the evaluation of other NEO instruments using ESEM, and clinical implications of structural paths between FFM domains and specific emotional disorders.
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Patients with generalized anxiety tend to present with higher than average levels of conscientiousness.
“Patients with generalized anxiety tend to present with higher than average levels of conscientiousness 143 , another Big Five personality trait.”
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The Discussion (page not provided) reports a positive association between conscientiousness and GAD dimensions only after controlling for other personality and disorder dimensions. It also reports a trivial unadjusted correlation (r = −.02), so the finding does not establish that patients with GAD have higher-than-average conscientiousness. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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- Authors
- Rosellini, A. J., & Brown, T. A.
- Affiliations
- Boston University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Rosellini, Anthony J.
- Venue
- Assessment
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2010-09-29
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 27-38
- ISSN
- 1073-1911 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-3489
- PMC
- PMC5639474
- OpenAlex
- W2090284311
- Cited by
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- FWCI
- 9.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Assessment (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH039096, R01MH039096)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Keywords
- NEO-FFI, five-factor model of personality, latent structure, exploratory structural equation modeling, anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, neuroticism, extraversion, conscientiousness, personality and psychopathology, outpatients
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorder, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Psychological, Models, Theoretical, Psychological Theory, Psychometrics, Stress, Psychological, Likelihood Functions, Young Adult
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