Neuroticism and psychological distress: To what extent is their association due to person-environment correlation? - 19/01/11
, S. Frangou b
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Abstract |
Objective |
To examine to what extent the association between neuroticism and psychological distress is related to individuals’ inherent vulnerability or their tendency to self-select high-risk environments or situations.
Method |
Data was drawn from both waves (1984/1985 and 1991) of the Health and Lifestyle Survey. Psychological distress was evaluated using the 30-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-30) and neuroticism was assessed with the Eysenck Personality Inventory. A checklist of life events was completed in the second wave only. A Latent State Trait model was estimated to decompose psychological distress into its environmental-contextual and individual-specific components.
Results |
Neuroticism accounted for 31 and 10% respectively of the variance of the environmental-contextual and individual-specific psychological distress components.
Conclusion |
Our results favour the notion that individuals with high-levels of neuroticism tend to self-select situations likely to lead to adversity and distress.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Psychological distress, Neuroticism, Person-environment correlation
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Vol 26 - N° 1
P. 1-5 - janvier 2011 Retour au numéro
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