Personality and Depression: Explanatory Models and Review of the Evidence
By D. Klein, R. Kotov, S. Bufferd. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 2011
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Understanding the association between personality and depression has implications for elucidating etiology and comorbidity, identifying at-risk individuals, and tailoring treatment. We discuss seven major models that have been proposed to explain the relation between personality and depression, and we review key methodological issues, including study design, the heterogeneity of mood disorders, and the assessment of personality. We then selectively review the extensive empirical literature on the role of personality traits in depression in adults and children. Current evidence suggests that depression is linked to traits such as neuroticism/negative emotionality, extraversion/positive emotionality, and conscientiousness. Moreover, personality characteristics appear to contribute to the onset and course of depression through a variety of pathways. Implications for prevention and prediction of treatment response are discussed, as well as specific considerations to guide future research on the relation between personality and depression.
Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
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- Neuroticism and Common Mental Disorders: Meaning and Utility of a Complex Relationship (2013, neutral): “Three other broad personality traits, low Conscientiousness, Disinhibition, and Extraversion, have often been linked to CMDs as well, but their association with CMDs is not as strong and pervasive as that of neuroticism (Clark, 2005; Fanous et al., 2007; Khan et al., 2005; Klein et al., 2011; Kotov ”
- The Relationship Between Perceived Stress and Adolescent Depression: The Roles of Social Support and Gender (2014, background): “Consequently, personality should be taken into consideration as an important moderator in future studies (Zuroff et al. 2004; Klein et al. 2011).”