The personality trait of neuroticism refers to relatively stable tendencies to respond with
negative emotions to threat, frustration, or loss. Individuals in the population vary markedly …

Background: Neuroticism measures are very popular in psychopathological research, but it
is unclear how useful neuroticism is in studies of the aetiology of psychopathology. Method …

Neuroticism is widely documented to reflect an exaggerated reporting of physical symptoms,
due to an over-sensitive focus on internal stimuli in individuals high in this trait. This study …

To examine the association between neuroticism and physical disorders among adults in
the United States, data were drawn from the National Comorbidity Survey (n= 5877) …

I express my appreciation to Dr. Gregory Smith for his comments on an earlier version of this
chapter. Neuroticism, as a fundamental trait of general personality, refers to an enduring …

Perhaps because negative emotions are frequently expressed in physiological reactions,
psychosomatic theories have often identified Neuroticism and its component traits (including …

OBJECTIVE: To test the hypotheses that (1) neuroticism is associated with self-reported
somatic symptoms;(2) this association is especially found with regard to psychosomatic …

The authors examined the influence of neuroticism (N) on the occurrence of different types of
daily events, primary and secondary appraisals of those events, use of specific coping …

Neuroticism's prospective association with common mental disorders (CMDs) has fueled the
assumption that neuroticism is an independent etiologically informative risk factor. This …

Studies have shown that higher levels of neuroticism are associated with greater risk of
mortality. Yet what accounts for this association? One major theoretical position holds that …