A longitudinal study of personality traits, anxiety, and depressive disorders in young adults.

Elizabeth J PrinceDaniel J SiegelC Patrick Carroll Kenneth J Sher O Joseph Bienvenu

Published in: Anxiety, stress, and coping (2020)

High neuroticism in young adulthood is either a true risk factor, or marker of risk, for first-onset anxiety and depressive disorders, as is low extraversion for agoraphobia. The current data suggest large neuroticism "state" effects for panic disorder, agoraphobia, and MDD, and moderate "scar" effects from MDD. Though many clinicians and researchers regard personality traits simply as "vulnerability" factors, longitudinal analyses suggest additional complexity.

Keyphrases

young adults
major depressive disorder
bipolar disorder
risk factors
palliative care
climate change
stress induced
depressive symptoms
electronic health record
cross sectional
early life