Background How personality traits, anxiety, and depressive disorders relate longitudinally
has implications for etiologic research and prevention. We sought to determine how …

Structural research on neuroticism, as indicated by Big Five personality traits and/or
internalizing symptoms, has been conducted with youth. However, no structural research …

Neuroticism has been implicated in many forms of psychopathology. Additional
transdiagnostic factors such as shame, psychological inflexibility, and emotion dysregulation …

BackgroundIndividual differences in neuroticism, extraversion, and conscientiousness are
associated with, and may predict onset of, internalizing disorders. These general traits can …

Neuroticism has been hypothesized to be a non-specific risk factor for both anxiety and
unipolar mood disorders whereas some cognitive and personality-cognitive vulnerabilities …

Neuroticism and several other traits have been proposed to confer vulnerability for unipolar
mood disorders (UMDs) and anxiety disorders (ADs). However, it is unclear whether the …

Background Neuroticism is frequently discussed as a risk factor for psychopathology.
According to the maturity principle, neuroticism decreases over the course of life, but not …

BackgroundSeveral theories have posited a common internalizing factor to help account for
the relationship between mood and anxiety disorders. These disorders are often co-morbid …

In this article, we summarize research on how normal personality and personality disorder
traits may relate to anxiety disorders as predisposing factors, complications, and results of …

There is substantial evidence that personality traits, in particular neuroticism and
extraversions predict depressive and anxiety episodes as well as suicidal ideation …