Depressive Personality Traits and Dysthymia: A Commentary on Ryder and Bagby

1999 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Widiger
2014 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Courtois ◽  
O. Plaisant ◽  
I. J. Duijsens ◽  
A. Enfoux ◽  
N. Coutard ◽  
...  

This research is an exploratory study toward development of the French version of the Questionnaire on Personality Traits (QPT/VKP–4). The goal was to assess its association with the Big Five Inventory (BIG–5) and to explore the personality characteristics of the elderly compared to young adults. The 241 participants included 83 elderly people and 158 young adults. Borderline and anxious personality disorders were less frequent in elderly women than in young women, and depressive personality disorder was less frequent in elderly men. Dimension scores were higher for Conscientiousness in the elderly, Agreeableness in elderly women, and Extraversion in elderly men. Statistically significant correlations were found between personality dimension scores using the VKP–4 and the BIG–5.


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 848-857 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Talarowska ◽  
Małgorzata Kowalczyk ◽  
Michael Maes ◽  
Andre Carvalho ◽  
Kuan-Pin Su ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel E. Ryb ◽  
Patricia C. Dischinger ◽  
Carlo DiClemente ◽  
Kimberly M. Auman ◽  
Joseph A. Kufera ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 491-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon R. Grossardt ◽  
James H. Bower ◽  
Yonas E. Geda ◽  
Robert C. Colligan ◽  
Walter A. Rocca

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 1155-1180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen D. Rudolph ◽  
Daniel N. Klein

AbstractResearch suggests that depressive personality (DP) disorder may represent a persistent, trait-based form of depression that lies along an affective spectrum ranging from personality traits to diagnosable clinical disorders. A significant gap in this area of research concerns the development of DP and its applicability to youth. The present research explored the construct of DP traits in youth. Specifically, this study examined the reliability, stability, and validity of the construct, potential origins of DP traits, and the developmental consequences of DP traits. A sample of 143 youth (mean age = 12.37 years, SD = 1.26) and their caregivers completed semistructured interviews and questionnaires on two occasions, separated by a 12-month interval. The measure of DP traits was reliable and moderately stable over time. Providing evidence of construct validity, DP traits were associated with a network of constructs, including a negative self-focus, high-negative and low-positive emotionality, and heightened stress reactivity. Moreover, several potential origins of DP traits were identified, including a history of family adversity, maternal DP traits, and maternal depression. Consistent with hypotheses regarding their developmental significance, DP traits predicted the generation of stress and the emergence of depression (but not nondepressive psychopathology) during the pubertal transition. Finally, depression predicted subsequent DP traits, suggesting a reciprocal process whereby DP traits heighten risk for depression, which then exacerbates these traits. These findings support the construct of DP traits in youth, and suggest that these traits may be a useful addition to developmental models of risk for youth depression.


Author(s):  
Е.В. Богданенко ◽  
А.В. Власов ◽  
М.К. Нурбеков

Различия в проявлении некоторых черт личности человека в последнее время ассоциируют с однонуклеотидными заменами в генах - полиморфизмами. В частности, генотип Met/Met полиморфизм Val158Met гена катехол-орто-метилтрансферазы (СОМТ) ассоциируют с повышенными обучаемостью и удовлетворенностью жизнью и пониженными тревожностью и стрессоустойчивостью по сравнению с генотипом Val/Val. Следовательно, носительство определенного генотипа должно влиять на успешность человека в избранном им роде деятельности. Для проверки этого предположения 91 человек, успешно занимающиеся одним родом деятельности - бизнесом, прошли генетическое и психологическое тестирование. Психологические тесты MMPI, TAS-20 и SWLS не выявили достоверной разницы как в уровнях тревожности и трудностей в общении, так и в способности выражать свои чувства и удовлетворенности жизнью между носителями генотипов Val/Val и Val/Met. Однако обнаруженное отклонение частот встречаемости генотипов Val/Val и Met/Met у представителей бизнеса от частот, встречающихся в других популяциях (превышение в 1,5 раза и снижение в 25 раз соответственно) позволяют предположить, что успешность в определенной профессии, в частности в бизнесе, может быть связана с определенным генотипом у его обладателя. Значительные успехи в жизни как благоприятный фактор окружающей среды могут через эпигенетическую регуляцию нивелировать проявление врожденных депрессивных черт личности, ассоциируемых с генотипом Val/Val. In recent time, differences in manifestations of some personality traits have been associated with single nucleotide substitutions in genes, polymorphisms. Specifically, the Met/Met genotype of Val158Met polymorphisms in the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene is associated with higher ability to learn and be satisfied with life and reduced ability to cope with stress and anxiety as compared with the Val/Val genotype. Therefore, carriage of a certain genotype might influence success of a person in his/her activity. To test this hypothesis, 91 people successfully engaged in the same kind of activity, business, underwent psychological and genetic tests. The Mini-Mult (MMPI), TAS-20, and SWLS psychological tests did not detect any significant differences between Val/Val and Val/Met genotype carriers in levels of anxiety and difficulties in interpersonal communication, ability to express their feelings, and life satisfaction. However, the differences between the Val/Val and Met/Met genotype frequencies in business men and other populations (1.5 times higher and 25 times lower, respectively) suggested that a successful career in business might be related with a definite genotype. Significant life success as a beneficial environmental factor might neutralize via epigenetic regulation manifestations of congenital depressive personality traints associated with the Val/Val genotype.


2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 97-106
Author(s):  
Milena Raspopović

Introduction/Aim: The results of previous research indicate that there is a connection between the symptoms of depression and anxiety, and that the occurrence of these symptoms is partly conditioned by personality traits. The aim of this study was to examine the correlation between anxiety as a personality trait and depressive personality traits among the respondents from Montenegro, in order to obtain guidance for the application of mental health programs. Method: The cross-sectional study included 355 respondents. Data were collected online, through the Google Forms platform In addition to the general questionnaire, questionnaires for the evaluation of anxiety-related traits and depressive personality traits (DP) were used. Results: Of 355 respondents, aged 18 to 68, 74.6% were women. A high positive correlation between the anxiety-related traits and depressive personality traits was significant (r = 0.82, p <0.01). In addition, we found that both of these traits were more pronounced in women, in respondents with lower educational levels and poorer material status. Younger respondents and unemployed persons had significantly more pronounced anxiety-related traits, but there was no significant difference regarding depressive personality traits. There was no significant difference regarding the pronounced anxious and depressive personality traits related to marital status and employment. Conclusion: Having in mind the fact that anxious and depressive personality traits occur simultaneously in a significant number of cases, it is important to detect these traits early and implement prevention programs in order to prevent them from developing into anxiety or depression.


1991 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Grigoroiu-Serbanescu ◽  
Dan Christodorescu ◽  
Adriana Totoescu ◽  
Irina Jipescu

Author(s):  
Marc Allroggen ◽  
Peter Rehmann ◽  
Eva Schürch ◽  
Carolyn C. Morf ◽  
Michael Kölch

Abstract.Narcissism is seen as a multidimensional construct that consists of two manifestations: grandiose and vulnerable narcissism. In order to define these two manifestations, their relationship to personality factors has increasingly become of interest. However, so far no studies have considered the relationship between different phenotypes of narcissism and personality factors in adolescents. Method: In a cross-sectional study, we examine a group of adolescents (n = 98; average age 16.77 years; 23.5 % female) with regard to the relationship between Big Five personality factors and pathological narcissism using self-report instruments. This group is compared to a group of young adults (n = 38; average age 19.69 years; 25.6 % female). Results: Grandiose narcissism is primarily related to low Agreeableness and Extraversion, vulnerable narcissism to Neuroticism. We do not find differences between adolescents and young adults concerning the relationship between grandiose and vulnerable narcissism and personality traits. Discussion: Vulnerable and grandiose narcissism can be well differentiated in adolescents, and the pattern does not show substantial differences compared to young adults.


2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Greasley

It has been estimated that graphology is used by over 80% of European companies as part of their personnel recruitment process. And yet, after over three decades of research into the validity of graphology as a means of assessing personality, we are left with a legacy of equivocal results. For every experiment that has provided evidence to show that graphologists are able to identify personality traits from features of handwriting, there are just as many to show that, under rigorously controlled conditions, graphologists perform no better than chance expectations. In light of this confusion, this paper takes a different approach to the subject by focusing on the rationale and modus operandi of graphology. When we take a closer look at the academic literature, we note that there is no discussion of the actual rules by which graphologists make their assessments of personality from handwriting samples. Examination of these rules reveals a practice founded upon analogy, symbolism, and metaphor in the absence of empirical studies that have established the associations between particular features of handwriting and personality traits proposed by graphologists. These rules guide both popular graphology and that practiced by professional graphologists in personnel selection.


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